AI
On a bench by the beach, one of Australia’s funniest writers is working it out
Steve Toltz’s fourth novel dwells on some hefty subjects - AI, alienation, consciousness - but it all started with a joke.
- Melanie Kembrey
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- Analysis
- Data centres
$3.1m per job: does the employment case for data centres stack up?
For every $3.1 million invested in data centre infrastructure, according to the industry’s own figures, Australia gets one permanent data centre job.
- David Swan
The tech jobs bust is real. Don’t blame AI (yet)
Worries about a tech jobs AI-mageddon spread far beyond Silicon Valley. But what’s really behind the lay-off in the technology sector?
- The Economist
The Labor figures and government critics in early health board exit lounge
This week in our Queensland public sector column, Public Circus dives deeper into health board intrigue, checks in on the audit office, senior job swappers, and more.
- Matt Dennien and James Hall
Trump deletes post of himself as Jesus, claims it showed him ‘as a doctor’
The president accused the media of deliberately misconstruing the “blasphemous” meme while he accepted a lunchtime delivery of McDonald’s at the Oval Office.
- Michael Koziol
Creating AI deepfakes of real people to be made illegal in Queensland
Offenders would face up to three years under the proposed legislation, which could be passed in the middle of this year.
- William Davis
Economists once dismissed the AI job threat. But not any more
Most economists still do not see evidence AI is disrupting the job market. But they are starting to take seriously the possibility that it could.
- Ben Casselman
- Opinion
- Anthropic
This superintelligent AI is so powerful, even its creators are afraid of what it’s capable of
If Anthropic’s new AI tool falls into the hands of bad actors, they could hack pretty much every major software system in the world. And so could your kids.
- Thomas L. Friedman
- Opinion
- Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
The ‘race to the bottom’ on AI job cuts has already started
Bendigo Bank is the latest to swing the axe as banks try to expand the use of AI to save costs. Unions are powerless to put that genie back in the bottle.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Opinion
- Workplace
Three things to do when AI comes for your job
So, what do you do if one day you open your inbox and are informed, in a roundabout way, that AI has come for your job?
- Tim Duggan