UNSW AI Institute’s Post

Save the date - 28 August. Not long ago, I wrote a post about the National AI Centre's Australian AI Ecosystem Report: https://lnkd.in/g3aJ5QhT The headline summary was that Australia actually produces top-tier AI research but struggles to commercialise them due to structural barriers like limited VC, weak manufacturing, high business costs, etc. So Australia has an 'evolutionary' (rather than 'revolutionary') and 'specialised regional' approach to AI, by focusing on applications in existing strengths of resources, energy, biotech, finance, govt/defence - each of which is driven from a certain city/region hub. The report inspired me to dig deeper in Australia's AI ecosystem and policy mix - so much so that I thought "hey, why not ask the National AI Centre directly?" 🇦🇺 And so here we are. Proud to announce that my association (Data Science and Ai Association of Australia | DSAi) will be partnering with National AI Centre x UNSW Founders x UNSW AI Institute to deliver a Q&A fireside chat with eminent guests: ⭐ Lee Hickin - Executive Director of National AI Centre ⭐ Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson - Science Outreach Officer of UNSW AI Institute and Senior Lecturer in Epistemics at UNSW Computer Science and Engineering I'll be moderating one of the Q&A sessions, and hope to dive into the global state of AI, the ambition for Australia and some of the practical considerations we need to adapt in order to build success as a country. Because we'll only have 2 speakers, we'll have the time to go real deep (beyond the generic stuff). If you're based in Sydney, just come along! Hope to meet (and catch up) with as many of you as possible :) It's a free event btw. Pizzas + networking opportunities. Our audiences are typically startups, VC investors, developers, product managers, and professionals. Registration link in the comments below. #australia #ai #tech #event #chat