Dr. Sue Keay on the Future of AI

Dr. Sue Keay is the Director of the UNSW AI Institute and founder of Robotics Australia Group, Australia's peak body for the robotics industry. She led the development of Australia's robotics roadmaps and is one of the country's most recognised voices on AI, automation, and the future of work. Named an inaugural Superstar of STEM and listed on the 2025 H2O AI 100, she is not someone who sugarcoats what's coming.

Fresh off her visit to Nvidia's GTC conference in March 2026 — the world's premier AI event held in San Jose, California — Dr. Keay joins me for a conversation that is equal parts thrilling and deeply unsettling.

In this episode we get into what she witnessed on the ground at GTC and why the scale of it should make you sit up straight. We ask whether AI has actually hit its ceiling — or whether we're still nowhere near the limits of what this technology can do. She has real, practical advice for everyday people who feel like AI is a tidal wave they can't outrun, and a frank conversation about what the young workforce needs to do right now to stay relevant over the next 20 to 25 years. We also pull back the curtain on the privacy conversation most people aren't having — the data being handed over every single day and why it matters far more than most of us realise. And she gives us a glimpse into the groundbreaking projects currently underway at UNSW that could reshape how Australia competes on the global AI stage.

This isn't a tech episode for tech people. This is for everyone - no matter age or location -because whether you're ready or not, AI is already reshaping your world.

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