View from The Hill: Labor’s Andrew Charlton surfs the AI wave

If his impressive academic record is any measure, Andrew Charlton might lay claim to one of the highest IQs in the parliamentary Labor party. Now, with his central role in the government’s AI policy, he’s grappling with issues thrown up by a very different sort of intelligence. Charlton is only an assistant minister (for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy), junior to Industry Minister Tim Ayres, who’s in cabinet. But he’s an expert on AI, and has been carrying much of the media load…