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Singularity is a myth with excellent production values: a clean villain, a clean apocalypse, and a clean date on the calendar. Reality is messier and less cinematic, a slow transfer of wealth, a quiet erosion of privacy, and a data center draining a town’s water supply.

While the world watches the semiconductor supply chain, a far more insidious war is being waged in the silent architecture of artificial intelligence (AI). 

The Lowy Institute Poll 2026 provides clear evidence of shifting attitudes. Sixty-one percent of Australians now view China primarily as an economic partner rather than a security threat.