Signal to Noise explores how artists work with, challenge, or complicate the relationship between signals and noise—disruptions, glitches or interference—in communication technologies and the messages they send. These technologies include the internet, telephones, radio and television, artificial intelligence, social media algorithms, and even the sounds of the natural world.
Brisbane, Online, Public Event
Hosted by The University of Queensland ADM+S Node, this day long workshop considers the duty to give reasons in the context of the growing reliance on automation in administrative and legal decision-making
Melbourne, Online, Public Event
Every time you order a meal, obtain directions, query an AI chatbot, or access your child’s virtual classroom, you’re interacting with a multi-sided digital platform—and you trade in more than just time or money. You relinquish data. You perform unpaid labor. And in nearly every case, that data, along with the profits, leaves your community and flows to distant companies with no stake in your local economy. But what if the digital economy worked differently—what if it respected privacy, strengthened local economies, and ensured communities benefited from the value they help create?
No Harm Done continues its exploration of ethical, sustainable pathways for technology with its second installment focusing on the critical intersection of risk, technology, and climate. This event brings together three leading voices who are reshaping how we understand and respond to technological systems and their impacts on our communities and environment.
ADM+S Members, Brisbane, Public Event
At this public Hacks/Hackers event, T.J. Thomson discusses news audiences’ experiences with AI-generated or -edited content in journalism, identifying the social-ethical-legal issues that news audiences think exist in this area.
Join us as we tune in to the signals and noises that shape our understanding of science, technology, and the worlds around us.
Over the past decade, Asia has emerged as a pivotal hub in the global landscape of digital platform development and artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. This conference positions Asia not simply as a regional context for empirical inquiry, but as a generative vantage point for theorising the interwoven dynamics of platforms, AI, and socio-political transformations.
Decentralised technologies—including blockchain, distributed ledgers, and the Web3 ecosystem (such as decentralised finance , decentralised autonomous organisations , and cryptocurrencies)—are transforming global economic, social, cultural, and communicative structures. Promising greater autonomy, transparency, and inclusivity, these technologies challenge established institutional power structures and enable new forms of organisation, interaction, and transaction.
Telstra, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), RMIT University and Swinburne University of Technology are proud to launch the 2025 Australian Digital Inclusion Index Report.
ADM+S Members, Melbourne, Public Event
Three leading experts – spanning conflict reporting, environmental disasters and politics – dissect the evolving challenges of trust, credibility and media integrity in perilous times.
Join us online as the Hon. Anika Wells MP, Minister for Communications and Minister for Sport, launches our report and interactive dashboard showcasing the first in-depth national comparative figures on First Nations digital inclusion.
Join us for a conversation with Liliana Doganova on her recent book Discounting the Future: The Ascendancy of a Political Technology.