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标题：The Artificial Intelligence race: will Australia lead or lose?
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作者：Mary-Anne Williams
期刊名称：Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales
印刷版ISSN：0035-9173
出版年度：2019
卷号：152
期号：1
页码：121-128
语种：English
出版社：The Society
摘要：Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to disrupt humanity, society, industries, local, national and global economies and politics by fundamentally transforming how people perceive, feel, reason and interact with the physical and digital worlds, shaping human experiences, beliefs and choices. The extraordinary potential of AI has created a fiercely competitive race to lead. The prize of leadership, as Vladimir Putin put it, is to shape and control the future for huge benefits and rewards. Some nations are playing hard, jostling for leadership positions. Others, like Australia, are relegated to the sideline, or, worse, have become the playing field where they have little choice but to acquire innovations and technology from AI leaders. As a nation, Australia simply cannot afford to continue to be an AI adopter and follower, because our economy, our workforce, our national security and our future opportunity is increasingly vulner- able to the influence of AI and the power of those who wield it. Australia’s major trading partners have already declared their ambitions to be AI leaders: they are developing strategies, roadmaps and making substantial investments in AI. Australia must urgently set a bold course, develop policies, and take critical strategic action. It must make AI a national priority, identify and mitigate the risks associated with AI, and address the challenges we face in becoming a leader in AI. This paper presents a case and strategies for Australia to aggressively pursue a leadership position in the new AI world order that will unleash significant productivity gains and inclusive economic growth, rather than let other nations and corporations reap the extraordinary rewards at the expense of Australia’s national security and future prosperity.