High-Risk AI Applications Could Face Bans Under Potential Law Reforms

Australians are increasingly concerned by the intrusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into daily life, and the government is working on ways to constrain it, Labor MP Patrick Gorman has told the Australian Lawyers Alliance national conference in Fremantle. Gorman is Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and the Attorney General, as well as Assistant Minister for the Public Service. Previewing a forthcoming Susan McKinnon Foundation report on public attitudes to AI, he said the one point all 3,000 people surveyed agreed upon was that they opposed what he called “the AI intrusion.” The “left and progressives” gave the issue a negative 15 percent rating, while the “right and conservatives” were even more concerned, scoring it at negative 20 percent....