Rapid advancements in AI, machine learning, digitisation of money and credit, engineering biology, biomedicine and quantum technologies create enormous opportunities for improvements in productivity and quality of life. The same technologies also carry significant risks, raising critical questions about trust and bias in data and decision-making, governance over technology change, the ethics of personalisation, and the implications for a modern workforce.
Tech Policy Design Centre (TPDC)
The Tech Policy Design Centre (TPDC) is a nonpartisan, independent research organisation at the Australian National University.
Music has the power to move us, and here’s the proof
Sarah Mann wants more people singing: in the shower, at birthdays, in choirs and at concerts. Anywhere and everywhere.
“I’d been working in education and in the arts and I’d been seeing music and singing devalued in our society, compared to other societies, but also just generally,” Mann says.
Are you smarter than a Neanderthal?
Pop culture depictions of Neanderthals largely involve grunting, ape-like pre-humans carrying around a club.
Eboni Westbury wants to challenge these stereotypes. The PhD scholar from The Australian National University (ANU) says her research is taking aim at “the human superiority complex”.
DNA structure could hold key to our memory
A specific type of DNA structure could hold the key to regulating our memory, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown.
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Kids need better tech education to thrive in a digital world
Teachers are struggling to equip Australian school kids with the digital skills they need for the future, warns a new report from The Australian National University (ANU) Tech Policy Design Centre and the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
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AI model to improve patient response to cancer therapy
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help to select the most suitable treatment for cancer patients has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).
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