Senator Andrew McLachlan holds a pencil to his lips during Senate Question Time
Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan says ‘it is unimaginable that as a nation we might value the machine over beauty created by the artist’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan says ‘it is unimaginable that as a nation we might value the machine over beauty created by the artist’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
Art ‘must not be sacrificed on the altar of corporate profit’ Liberal senator says as AI policy debate rages

Andrew McLachlan says he chooses ‘real forests over virtual ones’ as he urges Labor government to consider AI’s impact on artists and environment