Beyond Silicon Valley: Building AI Governance on the Fair Go Principle

Responsible AI isn’t culturally neutral. American AI development embeds distinctly American values — individual liberty, technological solutionism, and winner-takes-all competition. But what happens when these values clash with Australian cultural principles that prioritise collective welfare, egalitarianism, and the “fair go”?

Current AI governance frameworks — largely imported from Silicon Valley — often perpetuate values misaligned with Australian regulatory expectations and social norms. The Mathpath and recovering American Aubrey Blanche draws on principles of mateship, pragmatic skepticism, and community-oriented thinking, in this presentation that introduces a distinctly Australian responsibility framework for AI implementation. Rather than treating AI risks as individual consumer choices or market failures, this framework positions AI governance as a collective responsibility — where technology serves the common good, ensures equitable access, and earns trust through demonstrated fairness rather than assumed benevolence.