We can all be grateful that the acting auditor general Rona Mellor has decided to take at least a sideways glance into Commonwealth speculation, alongside a similar bet by the probably outgoing Queensland government, in an American horse in the great quantum computing race. I know nothing to say that there is anything intrinsically dodgy Continue reading »
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Small modular reactors have promise But we found they’re unlikely to help Australia hit net zero by 2050 Ian Lowe and Kylie Walker Australia’s clean…
When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade Peter Martin The federal opposition leader might have…
Chinese electric vehicles are transforming Australia’s car market. Are we getting a good deal? Sanjoy Paul and Priyabrata Chowdhury China’s electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are…
The Department of Homeland Security wants to use face recognition technology on drivers and passengers approaching the border.
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Fakes, deep fakes, disinformation, lies and rumours pollute the internet, the legacy media and conversations. Some of these are not new, but their power is growing. Now we have a new contender, so-called artificial intelligence, interfering in our human experience. Continue reading »
The challenge we face with digital technology is not just managing it; it’s about what it’s doing to us. As of 15 August 2024, mobile phones have been banned in public schools across Australia. Anecdotally, most think this is a good idea. Then, last Monday, the ABC’s Q&A had a sensible debate on controlling digital Continue reading »
Life is code, and code is life, in nature as it is in technology.
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The technological society… will not be a universal concentration camp, for it will be guilty of no atrocity. It will not seem insane, for everything will be ordered, and the stains of human passion will be lost amid the chromium gleam. We shall have nothing more to lose, and nothing to win. Our deepest instincts […]
Big data has contributed to a cultural shift towards evidence-based decision-making in academia, industry, and government, which prioritises empirical evidence over theory-based inquiry. It has also been associated with the boom in the publication of shorter journal articles and the decline in the publication of scholarly books, fuelled by the publish-or-perish academic rankings hamster wheel, Continue reading »