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Federation Chamber: Statements by Members: Raise Our Voice in Parliament

Parliament of Australia

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21 Nov 2024
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12 Oct 2026, 04:00 pm

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This parliamentary record documents a speech delivered on behalf of a 16-year-old Australian student advocating for enhanced AI education and regulatory guidelines. While the submission acknowledges AI's potential to transform healthcare and education, it focuses primarily on socio-economic risks such as job displacement and the erosion of critical thinking skills. The contribution reflects growing public awareness within Australia regarding the need for governance frameworks, though it does not provide technical analysis of frontier AI capabilities or existential risk mitigation.

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Ms DOYLE (Aston) (16:27): I will now read a speech from a girl in my community of Aston as part of the Raise Our Voice competition. Sanvi was the winner of this competition. It reads: Dear Parliament, my name is Sanvi and I'm a 16 year old student from Melbourne. I am writing to express my concern about an issue shaping my generation's future, the rapid development of artificial intelligence. AI has enormous potential to improve education, healthcare and the way we work, so I don't believe the answer is to simply restrict it. Instead, Parliament should invest in AI education and establish clear guidelines for its responsible use, particularly in schools. Young people should be taught how to use AI as a resource while still developing independent thinking, creativity and digital literacy. AI will most likely become a major part of our lives, and we have an opportunity to use it to our advantage. But we also need to ask, what happens if AI changes the jobs we are preparing for? If technology can do more of what we are learning, how do we ensure our education remains meaningful? We cannot stop AI from developing, but we can prepare ourselves for it. I urge Parliament to invest in comprehensive AI education and introduce clear, practical guidelines for its responsible use in schools, ensuring my generation is prepared to work alongside AI and shape the future it creates. Those are the words of 16-year-old Sanvi from Aston, and I congratulate her.