• Robot dogs, tech bros and virtual Geisha girls: when SXSW came to Sydney

    Robot dogs, tech bros and virtual Geisha girls: when SXSW came to Sydney
    The famous Austin festival picked the Harbour City for its first foray overseas, bringing an eclectic mix of AI, celebrities and cutting edge ideas Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA simultaneously familiar and slightly terrifying robot dog wanders through the audience of a session at the Sydney edition of South by South West. On stage, the panellists opine about a future increasingly defined by artificial intelligence and automation.“It’s goin