Dr Stephen King - Commissioner, Productivity Commission
Aug 22, 2025•20 min•Ep. 191
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Episode description
The Productivity Commission sets out in detail the massive upside for Australia in introducing AI tools across the economy.
But it also warns that the government financial support for building Australian large language models (LLMs) or the AI factories that train them is a terrible idea.
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Productivity Commissioner Stephen King says simply that government is “a terrible entrepreneur”.
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