For Australia, he sees particular opportunity in addressing the productivity challenge.
“ The biggest threat to our way of life in Australia is stagnant productivity,” he says.“ The ability to supercharge productivity improvements and achieve global competitiveness in our areas of differentiation – that is a fantastic answer to the productivity challenges that we face.”
He also points to AI’ s potential role in accelerating clean energy investment, given the technology’ s massive power requirements:
“ Perhaps this is the kick we need to make the investments to transition to net zero,” he says.
Rob’ s message to business leaders comes down to pragmatism.
AI isn’ t the solution to every problem or a threat to be feared, it’ s a powerful tool that needs thoughtful implementation, rigorous governance and constant focus on human outcomes.“ It’ s on all of us,” he says.
For organisations willing to take that seriously, the opportunities are real.
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