I think about this question regarding Australia sometimes :) I asked about this at the “Australia’s AI crossroads” event recently, i.e. whether / how Australia in particular could contribute on AI. I guess some of these things might also be relevant in NZ to some extent. Here’s what the speakers said (there’s also a recording):
Not hosting one of the major AI labs means we can be a trusted third party in negotiations
Relatedly I guess we also have history / relations with the west and with China
History working on catastrophic risks with the Canberra Commission (although this was 30 years ago so it’s not obvious to me that it really means anything)
Apparently Australia is known for rolling out trustworthy regulatory software (I don’t know if this is true). The person who said this thinks we have the potential to be world-leading in trustworthy AI if we get a good regulatory framework in place
I’m not sure I find these suggestions very compelling but thought they were interesting nonetheless!
Thanks for sharing! Australia and NZ have a lot of similarities, so there’s probably some overlap.
That’s an interesting point re: the west/China. Both having a colonial background and being in Asia-Pacific opens up some interesting sets of relationships.
I think about this question regarding Australia sometimes :) I asked about this at the “Australia’s AI crossroads” event recently, i.e. whether / how Australia in particular could contribute on AI. I guess some of these things might also be relevant in NZ to some extent. Here’s what the speakers said (there’s also a recording):
Not hosting one of the major AI labs means we can be a trusted third party in negotiations
Relatedly I guess we also have history / relations with the west and with China
History working on catastrophic risks with the Canberra Commission (although this was 30 years ago so it’s not obvious to me that it really means anything)
Apparently Australia is known for rolling out trustworthy regulatory software (I don’t know if this is true). The person who said this thinks we have the potential to be world-leading in trustworthy AI if we get a good regulatory framework in place
I’m not sure I find these suggestions very compelling but thought they were interesting nonetheless!
Thanks for sharing! Australia and NZ have a lot of similarities, so there’s probably some overlap.
That’s an interesting point re: the west/China. Both having a colonial background and being in Asia-Pacific opens up some interesting sets of relationships.