Lizzie O'Shea

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7am · Albo’s plan to harness the AI boom · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

And that I think is a source of concern for a lot of people who don't want to replicate some of the problems that we've seen with construction of data centres in the United States, who might maybe want to prioritise getting to net zero, having a more sustainable economy, who maybe don't necessarily think that the productivity benefits or the other benefits associated with this technology are very clear, that some of this is quite untested.

And so we're being asked to make some compromises in that respect.

One of my concerns is that Australians are very mistrustful of AI.

In global terms, we rate as some of the least optimistic about this technology.

And I think one of the ways that we can potentially get benefits from using this technology is by putting trust at the centre and demanding trust rather than, say, working to obtain it through community consultation and the like, I think will be a problem.

Fast-tracking infrastructure build could increase the kind of mistrust that we see for the industry and the technology.

Yeah, I think that's critically important.

I think when people think about AI, they often think about the potential for jobs to be lost.

That's because a lot of the leaders of the industry talk about that a lot, right?

And I do think it's worth interrogating how realistic that is.

There's jobs markets that disappear, that come and go.

over periods of time with new technology, I don't think it necessarily means less jobs, but it may well have an impact on the quality of those jobs.

And I think that's important to think about, right?

How can we make sure people still have dignity at work, still do work that is meaningfully compensated, that can be a livable wage, can be a life of meaning, right?

In an age in which a lot of the technology is trying to take away some of the human discretion and human involvement in decision-making in work.

So I think it's important also as a source of regulation.

We've seen some interesting laws implemented around the world, but even in New South Wales, there's been an interesting law recently which allows unions to have a say in how systems of allocation of work, making use of AI, can be examined, can be questioned, can have some consultation and engagement with workers.

And that kind of engagement I think is really important.

So there's work that the government could do if it wanted to introduce that kind of consultation engagement with the workforce.

There's models for that, New South Wales being one such model.

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