Upcoming events
Science. Art. Film.: Minority Report
Join us for a post-screening discussion spanning philosophy, AI, communication, music, science and technology studies. The expert panel will examine how science fiction helps societies rehearse debates about emerging technologies long before they arrive, revealing both our hopes for innovation and our anxieties about control. As algorithms promise ever-greater certainty about our behaviour, Minority Report challenges us to consider what may be lost when prediction begins to rival choice.
Magnetic Hamiltonians and Their Spectra
This workshop will bring together researchers working on spectral and scattering theory for magnetic Schrödinger and Dirac operators, as well as related questions in mathematical physics, operator theory and geometric analysis.
LLMs Unplugged: A tech-free guide to understanding (and teaching) AI
Despite the rapid uptake of AI around the globe (including right here in Australia), most people have no real mental model of what’s actually happening under the hood of our most popular AI tools. Through hands-on activities and discussion, you’ll learn the basic principles and language of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.