Politicians are pushing AI as a quick fix to Australia’s housing crisis. They’re risking another Robodebt
- Written by Ehsan Nabavi, Senior Lecturer in Technology and Society, Responsible Innovation Lab, Australian National University

“This is a game changer”.
That’s how Paul Scully, New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, described the state government’s launch of a tender for an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to the housing crisis earlier this month.
The system, which is aimed at cutting red tape and getting more...