Does Tim Ayres support AI safety?

“I think it's completely reasonable for Australians to be skeptical... I don't think that means that we should be frightened and curl up in a ball on these questions. I think we should be pragmatic and lean into the opportunity and build our own capability to respond to problems.”

“The Australian challenge is to lean in to adopt AI to lift productivity and living standards, deliver investment in infrastructure and capability and protect our security... other countries in the region are moving fast and so must we.”

“Australia has to lean in to secure a stake in global digital and AI development – to shape the digital future rather than have a future shaped for us at the end of global digital supply chains...”

“[In response to criticism of the Productivity Commission's anti-regulation stance and call to roll back existing protections] I feel duty-bound to say you know the productivity commission is but one source of advice for the government. I pay attention to what they have to say... I think we should be pragmatic and lean into the opportunity and build our own capability to respond to problems.”

“I will be looking in particular at how we can strengthen worker voice and agency as technology is diffused into every workplace in the Australian economy, and I look forward to working with our trade union movement on all of this.”

“Australia must... anchor investment and capability guided by a social democratic national interest approach that includes all Australians in our shared digital future.”

“Investing in technology was 'not a zero-sum game' for the labour market... The only thing that would be more disruptive in terms of employment and job opportunities is stepping back, having economies that pass us by.”