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John H Howard

Dr John H Howard is Principal of the Acton Institute for Policy Research & Innovation and Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney.

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    Could industrial AI be the answer to Australia’s productivity problem?

    The transformative opportunities for “middle power” economies may instead lie in the application of AI to physical products and systems as a basis for new forms of competitive, high value manufacturing. This is being termed “industrial AI”, and it provides a mechanism for addressing Australia’s productivity slowdown.

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    Could industrial AI be the answer to Australia’s productivity problem?