Brendan Murphy
In the age of AI image generation, believing your own eyes may not hold the same weight it once used to.
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Uber, Amazon and airlines are already using AI for classic managers’ tasks like hiring and firing staff.
MidJourney text prompt:
‘HAL the computer approaching through the foggy morning mist’.
My first image requests were whimsical queries, nocturnal flights of fancy, gentle tentative casts into the virtual spirit world.
AI artists.
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A newcomer to the Artificial Intelligence art market, Stable Diffusion, can create images almost indistinguishable from human artwork.
In the city of London, security cameras can even be found in cemeteries. In 2021 the mayor’s office launched an effort to establish guidelines for research around emerging technology.
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As states and nations struggle to regulate growing AI use, municipal authorities are often leading the way. An emerging paradigm known as AI Localism can help us better define the way forward.
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Facial recognition technology has set us on a path to mass surveillance – but it’s not too late to change course.
A scanned lace monitor lizard (Varanus varius ) image produced by using new technology.
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The number of live animals seized by the Australian Government has tripled since 2017, with blue-tongue lizards and sulphur-crested cockatoos frequently captured.
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High humidity, terrain and wind make rain forecasting particularly tricky in the tropics.
With deepfake audio, that familiar voice on the other end of the line might not even be human let alone the person you think it is.
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AI-generated voice-alikes can be indistinguishable from the real person’s speech to the human ear. A computer model that gives voice to the dinosaurs turns out to be a good way to tell the difference.
‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’
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AI art tools like DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are starting a revolution in the way art is made.
Who wouldn’t want a robot to handle all the household drudgery?
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Videos of humanoid robots dancing and performing backflips in the lab notwithstanding, robots that wash your dishes and fold your laundry are still years away. A roboticist explains why.
The chatbots are turning on their creators.
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BlenderBot3’s distaste for its creator sits uncomfortably with its taciturn approach to hate speech.
The future of our cities is being redrawn.
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Plans for a drone superhighway could change our skies.
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Anduril says it is “transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology” – and it’s setting up shop in Australia.
Up to a third of epilepsy cases are drug-resistant.
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AI algorithm that detects brain abnormalities could help cure epilepsy.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is one of the Premier League players who receives the most targeted abuse on Twitter.
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One in 14 Premier League footballers receives online abuse every day.
Professional writers may be threatened by artificial intelligence’s ability to generate text.
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Artificial intelligence can generate text much quicker and cheaper than professional human writers. Soon, AI will have the capacity to produce text that is indistinguishable from a human writer.
James Lovelock outside his home laboratory.
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Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis suggested that Earth could be considered a single, self-regulating organism.
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Artificial intelligence is developing quickly, and Australian law needs to catch up.
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Climate adaptation, digital transformation and geopolitical shifts are among the ‘megatrends’ Australia must navigate to thrive in the coming decades.