http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=technology Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) Anthropic has been banned from supplying AI to the US government because of its guardrails. Should that make us comfortable? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24190 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24190 Tue, 6 Oct 2026 07:46:39 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24190 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Murray Hunter) What begins as a neutral tool quickly becomes attuned to the data it encounters. This adaptability is now being exploited in a systematic manner. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24180 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24180 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:21:45 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24180 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Murray Hunter) Artificial intelligence has been under development for 70 years. Why, just as it becomes commercially valuable, are we suddenly being told it could extinguish humanity? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24176 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24176 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:40:10 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24176 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Stein and Lance Christensen) The California economy runs on the supply chain of products and transportation fuels made from raw crude oil that is diminishing from refinery closures. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24173 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24173 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:53:55 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24173 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tom Harris) It's a failure of economics more than it is a failing of climate science. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24167 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24167 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:26:53 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24167 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) The architects of artificial superintelligence now warn that it could escape control, cripple the internet and even extinguish humanity. So why did they develop it? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24169 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24169 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:20:53 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24169 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (John Mikkelsen) Fears that AI is primed to wipe out humanity exist in the realm of fantasy, meanwhile in real life there are limits. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24166 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24166 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:31:52 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24166 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaughan and Steve Curtis) Private enterprise can solve the spent nuclear fuel problem beyond government grants. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24162 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24162 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:21:24 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24162 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Gleb Tsipursky) Learning to live with a technology where there is a 10% chance it could commit the ultimate genocide. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24153 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24153 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:09:28 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24153 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka) Are we addicted to fossil fuel or is it a functional necessity? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24151 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24151 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:37:18 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24151 On Line Opinion