Cosmic Cowboy
It is a rare celestial event when The Australian publishes something that isn’t sheer propaganda, let alone a piece worth reading. One could argue their last insightful contribution predates the invention of paper 70,000 years ago—a truly “once-in-a-Big-Bang” occurrence.
While recent articles touch on the surface, they fail to grasp that AI represents a shift in civilizational values as profound as the second-century invention of paper in China.
In Australian universities and schools, we are seeing a “wicked problem” where students use AI to bypass thinking, while lecturers use it to generate and grade assignments. This circular automation threatens to render degrees meaningless if every student receives an automated “A.”
The rot isn’t limited to classrooms. Under the APS AI Plan 2025, government departments—from Immigration to Law Enforcement—are increasingly adopting AI for decision-making and efficiency.
This shift makes traditional schooling look like a relic. If a phone provides instant “capsules of knowledge” and AI handles the processing, the human brain becomes a vestigial organ. We must ask: who is this technology truly serving? If not for human intellectual growth, then for whom?
Attached is a compilation of recent features and items from The Australian.
