![(L-R) Cybernetic Residents Mark Thomson, Caroline Pegram, Lynette Wallworth, Angie Abdilla and Kate Crawford.](/assets/images/futures/CRPLaunch/Residents-Collage.png)
Cybernetic Imagination Residency Program Launch
28 Apr 2023
The School hosts artists, thinkers, tinkerers, creatives and critical doers to form new and different approaches to looking at systems of technology, humans, and ecologies.
![Speakers at the Data Informed Design conference. Left to right: Lara Al-Hassany, Luke Poland and Tom Cooper. Photo: Place Intelligence.](/assets/images/posts/DID_header_image_2.jpg)
The strength of data informed design
24 Apr 2023
Jackie Randles reflects on the Data Informed Design conference, and considers the risks and opportunities of big data at a human scale.
![The Konzerthaus Berlin. Photo: Erika Ly.](/assets/images/posts/Erika_and_Kate_header_resized.jpg)
Technology, society and autonomy
13 Apr 2023
Erika Ly and Kate Tollenaar reflect on the 2022 Infrastructures of Autonomy conference.
![Alfred Deakin. Photo: ANU School of Cybernetics.](/assets/images/posts/Deakin_Speaks_image.jpg)
AI and libraries series: the not-so distant future of AI personas
31 Mar 2023
Digitized memories and digitized artefacts now form the technological basis for bringing history to life.
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AI and libraries series: the age of artificially intelligent search
31 Mar 2023
Libraries themselves are well-positioned to conceive, implement, and use new systems for the production of knowledge.
![Desk Set, 1957. Photo: YouTube/angeloflove.](/assets/images/posts/Desk_Set_resend_crop.jpg)
AI and libraries series: the view from 1950’s Hollywood
31 Mar 2023
From microfilm and electric checkout to pneumatic tube systems and computerized catalogues, libraries have long been sites of innovation for new tech.
![The Fontaine Saint-Sulpice in Paris. Photo: Myrna Kennedy.](/assets/images/posts/HMC22_fountian_header.jpg)
Magical moments of a lifelong learner
22 Mar 2023
A reflection on the Human-Machine Collaboration in a changing world 2022 conference.
![Panelists at the Peter Greste provocation.](/assets/images/posts/Peter_Greste_Header.jpg)
How can cybernetics play a role in reimagining the future of journalism?
16 Mar 2023
Taking a cybernetics approach to reimagining journalism.
![From left to right: PhD candidate Chloe Skafte, Dr Safiya Okai-Ugbaje and Dr Kim Blackmore.](/assets/images/microlearning/IWD2023.png)
Past, present and future: Who are the women in cybernetics?
8 Mar 2023
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we take a look at why diversity is integral not only in cybernetics, but all innovation for the future.
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What is cybernetics? A crash course in cybernetics and why it matters
8 Mar 2023
Cybernetics is helping to create a safe and sustainable future in our digital world. But what exactly is it?