At the government level, AI is receiving extensive attention from cabinet and ministers individually.AI can, potentially, be the accelerant under big productivity gains Some communities are unhappy about them.This new industrial revolution fires up its bright-eyed advocates, and comes with warnings from the worriers.It's a bit like that in the federal ministry, too, where there's a spread of views about the rollout of policies and which stakeholders should have how much say in what's done.Some characterise it as a sort of tug-of-war between the enthusiasts and the cautious.Former industry minister Ed Husic favoured overarching new legislation, but the government has gone down the more decentralised route, with ministers and regulators having carriage of AI in their own areas.Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy Andrew Charlton is seen by colleagues as something of an ambassador for AI