Delivering on the promise of artificial intelligence - Policy Forum

Artificial intelligence tools that seek to address complex public problems need to be developed with the input of the decision-makers who will implement them, Mitzi Bolton writes. Turn on the news, social media, or catch up with friends and you'll no doubt find conversations turning to the problems of society, things that could or should be done differently. Things the government ought to fix but seems unable to address. There's the risk of exceeding planetary boundaries, increased incidence of zoonotic diseases, climate change and its related impacts, continuing debates over management of the Murray Darling Basin, disincentives to workforce participation, handling of hotel quarantine, and many more. These and other highly challenging problems, often considered in isolation, come together when global progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is considered.