Artificial Intelligence

About Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is the debut extended play by Australian comedian and musician Tom Cardy, released independently on 6 August 2021. Solely written and produced by Cardy himself, the EP features guest appearances from fellow comedian Julia Robertson and former Sticky Fingers guitarist Taras Hrubij-Piper, and was supported by the lead single "Mixed Messages".

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Artificial Intelligence received spotlight rotation on Australian youth broadcaster Triple J and debuted at number 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming his debut chart appearance in the process.

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“Might it be that this piece of wood has learned to weep and cry like a child? I can hardly believe it. Here it is — a piece of common firewood, good only to burn in the stove, the same as any other. Yet — might someone be hidden in it?”
— Carlo Collodi, (1883), ch. 1 (tr. Carol Della Chiesa, 1926)
“I wonder whether or when artificial intelligence will ever crash the barrier of meaning.”
— Gian-Carlo Rota, In Memoriam of Stan Ulam: The Barrier of Meaning. Physica D. Nonlinear Phenomena 22(1–3): 1–3 (1986)
“The pace of progress in artificial intelligence (I'm not referring to narrow AI) is incredibly fast... Unless you have direct exposure to groups like Deepmind, you have no idea how fast — it is growing at a pace close to exponential.”
— Elon Musk, "Everybody Working Artificial Intelligence Knows Terminator Scenario." Daily Mirror (November 4, 2015)
“Regulation will be crucial, and it will take time to understand this. Although the artificial intelligence tools of our generation are not particularly frightening, I think that we are not so far away from those that could potentially be.”
— Sam Altman, quoted in Il futuro dell'AI per il creatore di ChatGPT: potenzialmente pauroso, va regolamentato, 20 February 2023 (referenced in Italian)
“The most dangerous technology in the history of mankind.”
— Steve Bannon quoted in "Inside MAGA's growing fight to stop Trump's AI revolution", ABC News (November 24, 2025)
“… technical knowledge is helpful for understanding how modern AI works, what it will likely do in the future, what the dangers are, etc., but these are issues that affect all of humanity and all of humanity should be part of the conversation.”
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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

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Background and release

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Notable quotes

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Background and release

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