End of Self-Regulation Era: The 'Trusted Actor Dilemma' in AI Governance and Australia's Turning Point

Ed Husic's warning isn't an isolated political statement; it's a signal—when AI companies can't even meet the bare minimum of "self-regulation," regulators must step in personally. Based on my frontline experience with McKinsey digital transformation projects, I judge that: Global AI governance is shifting from "trusting companies" to "trusting rules," and this debate within the Australian Labor Party is essentially a structural conflict between technological power and democratic responsibility.