Burning Platforms

The CEO of the Gradient Institute on the emerging risks of agentic AI and how playing dumb might be the smartest move. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss: should we get AI out of schools? what do the big Canva job cuts mean? will the US midterms impact AI in Australia? For show notes go to: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/ Join us in Canberra on November 25 - https://events.humanitix.com/what-s-your-poison-live-show-last-drinks-for-2026? Celebrate Digital Rights Watch’s 10th birthday on December 9 - https://events.humanitix.com/digital-rights-watch-10th-birthday-party

The founder of UTS’s Ultimo Institute on the political economy of the largest float in history, AI lab Anthropic’s IPO. Panellists Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullin, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss. the crash of Elon Musk’s ‘yuck truck’ how people are using AI to manage their health the tech bro’s embrace of ‘cognitive mercantilism’ For transcript, cuts and curios go to https://burningplatforms.substack.com/  

  The AI scientist and author on his rising concerns about existential risk and the false inevitability of the hyper-scalers.   Panellists ABC AI correspondent Ca, Wilson, Tech Policy Design Institute co-director Zoe Jay Hawkins and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss: the ad-powered cyber-attacks on Australian institutions the Digital Duty of Care laws enter the Parliament Meta’s new terms of trade and plans for AI domination For show notes go to https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The CEO of the new Australian Council on AI Strategy on the big decisions and competing trade-offs facing Australia and where scientists fit in the conversation. Panelists Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss.  is the Parliamentary Inquiry AI actually worth it? should AI be in your fridge? And whether mathematics is dead. For background material go to https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The co-founder of Indicator on how lies have taken over the internet and what we can all do to build a better information ecosystem.    Also this week: Culture wars over digital duty of care AI as an intellectual hot dog and what the Firmus flop could mean for datacentres For show notes go to: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/