ANU to shape a safer tech future with new cybernetics school

Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell. Photo: Andrew Meares - How Australia and the world can safely navigate and steer the profound impact new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), have on our lives is the focus of a first-of-its-kind school at The Australian National University (ANU). Officially launched today, the ANU School of Cybernetics provides unrivalled teaching and research that pioneers a new approach to engineering and technology design. School Director, ANU Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, said the School nurtures and trains a new generation of critical thinkers and practitioners who can navigate our increasingly complex world and who are committed to ensuring safe, sustainable and responsible technology futures.   "We are working hard, in everything we do, to help transform the way society engages with technology," Distinguished Professor Bell said. "We want to help ensure that everyone can participate in building our future. And we want to find new ways to think about and talk about the role of technology in our lives.