Tim Watts

And that we couldn't just lean on their inbuilt advantages, language advantages and cultural understanding, rather than try and start with, you know, some poor eight-year-old having to plot a way through Mandarin or Japanese or in, you know, Bahasa.

And I mean, really, is it going to change the dial? And I know Tim Watts and, you know, Asia Link, they're massive fans of Asian language and it's a, you know, it's a debate.

It is.

And, I mean, I have to declare here that my second language is Italian.

When it was literally a perfect opportunity to invoke the Sedition Act, throw whatever his name was.

It was Tim Watts, right? It was Tim Watts.

Toss him in jail.

Make an example.

So the Commonwealth Parliament has now established a joint select committee on artificial intelligence.

One of its members is Tim Watts, MP, a two-time guest on this podcast, and an old friend of mine from Melbourne.

Tim also brings an unusually deep tech background for a parliamentarian.

Before becoming an MP, he worked in the technology sector.

In opposition, he held communications and cyber security responsibilities.

And as assistant foreign minister, he had responsibility for driving the international dimension of the Commonwealth cyber security strategy.