The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), data infrastructures, and digital experimentation in Australia raises a pressing question: are we witnessing the emergence of a new form of terra nullius , rearticulated through digital systems rather than land? The notion of ‘digital terra nullius’ although provocative, risks being either too metaphorical or too determinist. Instead, I propose that the expression can be productive if it is carefully situated in place and time. In doing so, I ask: to what extent do contemporary AI infrastructures reproduce colonial spatial logics and where might they diverge?
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