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What does Jim Chalmers say about AI safety?

Jim Chalmers (Labor) represents Rankin in the House of Representatives.

In public statements he has consistently advocated for a "sensible, middle path" approach to AI regulation, emphasising treating AI as "an enabler, not an enemy" while seeking to "maximise the opportunities of AI while we manage the risks as best we can."

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Economic policy leadership, AI's impact on employment and economic growth, fiscal policy for AI investment

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“Artificial intelligence is a game changer for our economy. It has the potential to support all of our major economic goals, making our economy more productive, stronger, lifting living standards over time”
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“I'm optimistic that AI can be a force for good, but I'm also realistic about the risks. It is not beyond us, in my view, to maximise the opportunities of AI while we manage the risks the best that we can”
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“We can chart a middle course that makes our workers and our people and our industries beneficiaries not victims of technological change”
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“The only way to make our people and workers and industries beneficiaries is if we treat AI as an enabler, not an enemy of what we want to see in our economy”
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“There's broadly 3 schools of thought on AI and big tech change. There's the let it rip crowd. There's the people who pretend that we can turn back the clock [...] Or there's our approach, which is a sensible middle path”
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“We've got to always find that balance point, but especially when it comes to AI, between overregulating and underregulating [...] You can overdo it and you can underdo it when it comes to regulation of AI”
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“Our focus with AI is also on the huge gains on offer, not just the guardrails”
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“We have to do more to embrace technology, particularly the AI opportunity. There's a huge agenda there for us”
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