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AI, Productivity, and “Infinite Intelligence” – Conversation with Chris Berg and John Humphreys

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Gene Tunny

On Thursday evening, I joined John Humphreys of the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance and Professor Chris Berg of RMIT University for an ATA livestream discussion on productivity (see Productivity ideas with Chris Berg). One of the most interesting parts of the … Continue reading →

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Economics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution podcast chat with Nick Johnson and Brendan Markey-Towler

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Gene Tunny

My fellow Queensland economists Nicholas Johnson and Brendan Markey-Towler have written an impressive new book Economics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Internet, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, which was published by Routledge last month. I spoke with Nick and Brendan earlier … Continue reading →

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Dynamic pricing economics & ethics podcast discussion

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Gene Tunny

My latest podcast episode is on the economics and ethics of dynamic pricing, as used by Uber and airlines among other businesses. I spoke yesterday with Ben Scott, Research Officer at my business Adept Economics, and you can listen to … Continue reading →

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Innovation + Equality with Dr Andrew Leigh MP – latest Economics Explained episode

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Gene Tunny

In my latest Economics Explained episode, I interview Dr Andrew Leigh MP, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury, about his excellent new book with co-author Professor Joshua Gans Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future that is More Star … Continue reading →

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Which industries have created the most jobs in Qld over the last 10 years?

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Gene Tunny

In the latest EconTalk episode, host Russ Roberts interviews the Australian robotics guru and MIT emeritus professor Rodney Brooks. After listening to the episode, I am now much less concerned about artificial intelligence and automation rendering a large fraction of … Continue reading →

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Bold BDO’s vision: half of mining jobs automated by 2020

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Gene Tunny

BDO has published an extraordinary report presenting its vision of a massive uptake of robotics in the mining sector in the next few years. In its Near Future of Mining Report BDO speculates: By 2020, robots will replace more than … Continue reading →

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CEDA report highlights AI & cloud threat to traditional accountants, with Xero and Bean Ninjas thriving

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Gene Tunny

A new CEDA report I attended the Brisbane launch of at BCEC yesterday, Improving Service Sector Productivity, highlights the threat to accountants from machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that I posted on last year (see … Continue reading →

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The future of the professions

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Gene Tunny

Speaking with accountants at CPA Australia conferences earlier in the year, I was struck by the widely-shared anxiety that accountants have about the future of their profession. Australian accountants are concerned about a variety of trends that threaten them with … Continue reading →

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Economic implications of robotics and automation

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Gene Tunny

There is increasingly serious discussion about the implications of major advances in robotics and automation and what these advances mean for the future economy, particularly whether robots will replace humans in many jobs. For example, the OECD has observed that … Continue reading →

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