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Eliza review – an ambitious, unsettling play about the birth of AI

Melbourne Theatre CompanyWhile the cast is excellent, a play that sends us back to artificial intelligence’s genesis moment should feel more human than thisIt can be fiendishly difficult to write plays about contemporary obsessions, not least because they can shift and mutate in the time it takes to mount a production. A clever solution is […]

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In Big Walk, players just walk and talk – and find joy along the way: ‘Some stories we’ve heard are punch-in-the-gut beautiful’

After their hit Untitled Goose Game, Australian studio House House is back with a new game where your only goal is to go exploring with friends – so we took them on a big walk inside Big WalkWhen I arrive to meet with the tiny team at Melbourne game developer House House, they’re sitting in

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Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be almost six times the size of Chadstone shopping centre

More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boomGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was a “friendly introduction from the team behind the Victorian AI hub”.“I

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A robot walks into a bar: can a Melbourne researcher get AI to do comedy?

Machines can be funny when they mistakenly bump into things – but standup is a tough gig even for humansRobots can make humans laugh – mostly when they fall over – but a new research project is looking at whether robots using AI could ever be genuinely funny.If you ask ChatGPT for a funny joke,

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