Justin Stevens, the director of news at the ABC, says he is excited about the prospect of AI but admits the public broadcaster has been taking a very cautious approach, making sure it isn’t used to generate original pieces of journalism.

They can also add to the chaos of popular events, such as Brooker, where people who line up half an hour before it starts are turned away, while late stragglers end up in overflow rooms (that are also full). NFTs – the jpg-artwork trade that was all the rage last year – also have their own slot. However, the panel entitled “NFTs – sizzle or fizzle?” is more on the fizzle side with its half-capacity crowd. A handful in attendance raise their hands when asked if anyone owns an NFT – but all hands drop when asked if anyone owns one they aren’t embarrassed about. Depending on which event you attend, AI is either the latest capitalist fad, a looming horror, something we need to embrace or not even worth thinking about.

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As lover of 90's rave obscure records, she is making her own KAOS club night once a month in her home club Prozak 2.0 ClubWhen Sydney hosted World Pride earlier this year, the arrival of an additional 500,000 queer people genuinely changed the feeling in the city – it was transformational. It’s clear that luring these large events to Australia can work in the right circumstances. But SXSW doesn’t feel quite the same. We had a bad actor in crypto,” Schebesta says of FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, currently on trial for stealing customer funds and lying to investors. “You know, in America … if you mess with capitalism, they will mess with you.”