DiscoverHackApprentices getting electric shocks, an NT town is running out of food + would you date a chatbot?
Apprentices getting electric shocks, an NT town is running out of food + would you date a chatbot?

Apprentices getting electric shocks, an NT town is running out of food + would you date a chatbot?

Update: 2025-10-22
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Would you ever date an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot? Because heaps of young Aussies say they're open to it. So should we be worried about what AI will do to our relationships?Also, could a remote community in the Northern Territory run out of food soon because the roads to get into town aren't up to scratch?Plus, a survey from the Electrical Trades Union found one in eight apprentices had been exposed to potentially deadly shocks at work.Listen now:

01:25 - Would you date an AI chatbot?

17:06 - Why is a Northern Territory town running out of food?

21:20 - Electrical apprentices are getting shocked at work

Guests:

  • Dr Raffaele Ciriello, digital innovation and ethics researcher, University of Sydney 
  • Dominic Lombardi, fourth-year electrical apprentice

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Apprentices getting electric shocks, an NT town is running out of food + would you date a chatbot?

Apprentices getting electric shocks, an NT town is running out of food + would you date a chatbot?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation