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Learning AI from a Children's Book
Dr Ben SwiftYesterday I took part in Ben Swift's "LLMs Unplugged: A tech-free guide to understanding (and teaching) AI" at the Australian National University's College of Systems & Society. The workshop is aimed at school teachers and earns the attendee professional development points. But this would be useful for anyone who wants to understand how Large Learning Models (LLM...

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40% of new tech staff don't have degrees
Greetings from the National Press Club in Canberra for the launch of the Australian Computer Society annual Deloitte "Digital Pulse" employment report. The report was launched by the Deputy Prime Minister. For me the most important point in the report was that 40% of new technology workers in over the past five years didn't get there via a degree. The had came other forms of qua...

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Making universities a part time world
Associate Professor Kelly Linden, Charles Sturt University, has produced a well researched report "Is the problem us? Helping part-time students succeed in a full-time world" (5 August 2026). Unfortunately Professor Linden comes to the wrong conclusions and recommendations. The report points out that just over a third of domestic Australian university students are part time. The...

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ANU University House New and Old
ANU Great HallGreetings from the Great Hall of the Australian National University, which has reopened after a multi-year restoration. As the Master noted in his welcome today, the power, communications and other services have been updated, but the visible structure in and out looks unchanged. It is an odd feeling of deja vu walking into somewhere where so many happy memories wer...

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Cyber Threat Looms Over Government
Greetings from day one of Technology in Government conference in Canberra. While AI is the topic of many presentations, cybersecurity features as well. At the moment I am at a cyber threat panel. Not too late to turn up l. Government people get a free pass. I am on a panel at 4:45pm. Then there are drinks.

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