Is AI not okay? | On the radio | Sunday Is Men’s Day | There is no limit to barracks costs

Skepticism about AI was evident in a recent Roy Morgan poll, including the belief that bots will destroy humanity.

The bots are taking over

Roy Morgan’s SMS survey of 1,481 Australians aged 16 and over conducted in conjunction with the AI ​​Safety Campaign found a majority of 57% of Australians believe artificial intelligence (AI) creates more problems is solvable.

And one in five Australians – mostly Tasmanians for some reason – believe AI risks causing human extinction in the next 20 years.

Regarding human extinction, the proportion of people worried was fairly consistent across different demographic groups but respondents aged 50-64 (25%) and respondents in Tasmania (37%) is the most worrying.

When in doubt, blame the women

The ABC’s local radio stations across the country have seen audience declines, but let’s hope they don’t listen to anonymous Adelaide “industry insiders” for advice on how to turn things around.

Weekend, Advertiser attempted to diagnose what was “wrong” with ABC Radio Adelaide, through these bravely self-contained “insiders”.

They believe ABC is too biased and bigoted and that its breakfast show – hosted by Nikolai Beilharz and Stacey Lee – is the root cause of its ratings problems.

This ignores the fact that the breakfast show is the highest-rated show on the station – indeed, it is the highest-rated ABC breakfast show anywhere in the country.

One of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, believes ABC presenters need to “urgently re-evaluate their broadcasting style.”

However, only one presenter was mentioned in specific negative terms.

The insider said: “I think it’s a good show but they need to understand that radio is very different to television, which is where Stacey comes from.”

“You don’t have to be an attack dog. Measure, don’t force. Be a great interviewer, allowing people to convey their side of the story and not just getting on a soapbox and cutting them down because it’s your opinion.”

Can you imagine our brave timid insiders saying the same thing about David Penberthy or Will Goodings at FIVEaa (the station, incidentally, is owned by Tiser boss Lachlan Murdoch)? Or think FIVEaa’s lackluster Drive is struggling because Rowey is too stubborn?

InSider’s view: ABC has serious problems with its local stations, but Lee is relentless in holding those in authority to account, in the tradition of ABC’s best anchors and journalists, is not one of them.

And one for men

Notable journalists received invitations via LinkedIn yesterday to International Men’s Day at Norwood Football Club in November.

The event was organized by One Nation MLC Sarah Game, a “men’s welfare advocate and Minister & Office for men, as we are for women”.

The $65 lunch and drinks package includes speakers ranging from football player Chris McDermott to businessman Jim Whalley.

Game said this is the only local event celebrating International Men’s Day.

Before responding, InSider must query whether the date falls on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Turns out today is Sunday.

Don’t ghost us, Qatar

Qatar Airways may heed Prime Minister Peter Malinauskas’ call for more direct international flights to Adelaide – but they could also disappoint him.

EQUAL a travel writer pointed out to InSider yesterday, Qatar Airways is said to be running “ghost flights” – empty or near-empty flights – between Melbourne and Adelaide as a response to the law (and its transport ministers). interstate) limits the number of international flights the airline can operate in major cities. Australian airports.

Guardian Australia announced an investigation into the matter last month, reporting that Qatar flies from Doha to Melbourne but registers Adelaide as its final arrival and departure point, meaning the airline does not exceed the 28-hour limit. Weekly flights to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

Of course, the majority of passengers disembarked in Melbourne, leaving only a few – sometimes no one left – to fly the remaining leg to Adelaide, the city Guardian report.

“The airline is not authorized to sell tickets between Melbourne and Adelaide to domestic passengers under Australian aviation laws,” the airline said. Guardian report.

“It can only carry a limited number of international passengers booked through Doha who have chosen the two-leg route rather than the separate daily direct flight between Adelaide and Doha that Qatar Airways also operates.”

Qatar’s Melbourne-Adelaide route, operated by a 354-seat Boeing 777, averages “single digits” of passengers, Guardian reported, citing the government’s own analysis of flight data and sources with knowledge of the flights.

“This flight sometimes cannot carry any passengers.”

South Australia: status settled?

Spotted Pollie at the train station

Train commuters bumped into a visiting federal Liberal MP at Adelaide train station this morning.

Julian Leeser is handing out leaflets for the “yes” campaign supporting Voice to Parliament – New South Wales MP hopes to get more positive feedback from public transport commuters than his congressional colleagues.

The former Opposition Attorney-General and spokesperson for Indigenous Australians has resigned as his Liberal group formally resolved to oppose the referendum.

Make it 16

It seems the campaign led by Adelaide teenager Archie Coppola to lower the voting age is gaining traction.

New research commissioned by The Body Shop has found that Two-thirds of Australians now want to discuss lowering the voting age in Australia to 16, in the first check on the pulse of national sentiment after the launch of Let’s do the 16th campaign in June.

The Body Shop’s findings also showed:

• Young Australians are leading the charge to lower the voting age:

• • More than seven in ten 18-34 year olds (74%) are willing to discuss lowering the voting age
  • More than a third (34%) of 18-24 year olds agree that young Australians pay taxes and have adult responsibilities, so they can have a say

• More than a third of Australians say they are can be persuaded to support the movement with more education and information.

The Body Shop has committed $50k to the campaign, is supporting the petition in its stores and is providing education to customers – right alongside the bath bombs.

Search for new barracks with no horse food

SA Police’s politically challenging search for new police horse barracks is driving up costs on multiple fronts.

In a recent written response to questions about the announcement from the parliamentary budget and finance committee, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens advised that “temporary costs” for business relocation “activities” Thebarton camp reached $1.6 million on June 30, 2023.

Police have also, as of July 28, spent $6,899.31 on Crown Law advice to keep documents about those activities out of public view during its legal battle with former senator Rex Patrick.

The Malinauskas Government gave SA Police $2 million last year to plan its exit from Thebarton.

They then nominated a controversial parkland site, but the backlash was that the government chose airport land that was later deemed unsuitable due to PFAS contamination, forcing a move to a third site – Gepps Cross option worth $90 million.

When asked on ABC Radio Adelaide this week about the latest location, Commissioner Stevens said bluntly: “This is not what we asked for, but this is what we now have to work on.”

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“I have to say the staff have been outstanding during this time – it has been a really difficult time for them.

“We’ve been doing the same thing the same way from the same location for decades.

“So this is a real step change for us and it has an impact on everyone, so I have to tip my hat to the staff that despite the difficulties, they have remained constructive. ”

According to the commissioner’s advice to the committee, SA Police’s $1.6 million “activity” tab does not include costs incurred by the Department of Transport to investigate PFAS contamination on Airport location removed.

Things you should do now…

It’s hard to imagine a time without Bunnings dominating every Adelaide suburb, but thanks to r/AustralianNostalgia on Reddit for pointing out that it was 30 years ago that the then WA chain arrived in SA. What’s interesting is that the prices don’t vary that much. No wonder it has pushed corner hardware stores into oblivion.

30 years ago this month, Bunnings came to our state!
by u/RS-1990 in Adelaide