‘I welcome our digital minions’: the Silicon Valley insider warning about algorithms – while embracing them

Marek Kowalkiewicz has made a career of harnessing new technology. But on the question of if algorithms have agency, he realised he was wrong

Houses hide behind patches of subtropical rainforest in Brisbane's western outskirts; horses graze paddocks and road signs warn of deer and kangaroos.

Nestled between a bend in the river and the foothills of the D'Aguilar Range, the suburb of Anstead may appear unsuitable habitat for a Polish-born business professor who believes that we must embrace the age of artificial intelligence.