“Technology is not a solution for ignorance. It makes the opportunities for the educated even greater.”

“It seems to me that if we can be the best in the world at integrating artificial intelligence into mining, then we ought to be the best at capitalising on h

“Every time we come to a decision point about the technologies we allow into our lives we must ask ourselves: What kind of society do we want to be?”

“But we don’t awake spontaneously to a knowledge of our talents and passions.

“Science and mathematics make new potential. I think of them as humanity’s superpowers. And they’re your superpowers.”

“What would it take for you to put the same level of trust in AI as you would extend to a human?”

Dr Finkel delivered the opening speech to the Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association Global Leaders’ Summit in Melbourne on 8 May, 2018.

“It seems to me that anyone with a pulse should be excited by the possibilities of science in 2018.”

The Chief Scientist delivered an opening address to the Commonwealth Innovation Science Forum in Brisbane that coincided with the Commonwealth Games being ho

“The success of our universities is not a matter of chance. If it’s a game, it’s a game of strategy.”