# Social implications of disruptive technologies

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Future technology insights

Rapid advancements in AI, machine learning, engineering biology, biomedicine and quantum technologies create enormous opportunities for humanity to have better productivity and quality of life. The same technologies also raise critical questions about trust and bias in data and decision-making, governance over technology change, the ethics of personalisation, and the implications for a modern workforce.

## **[Music has the power to move us, and here’s the proof](https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/music-has-the-power-to-move-us-and-heres-the-proof)**

Sarah Mann wants more people singing: in the shower, at birthdays, in choirs and at concerts. Anywhere and everywhere. \
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“I’d been working in education and in the arts and I’d been seeing music and singing devalued in our society, compared to other societies, but also just generally,” Mann says.

[Learn More](https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/music-has-the-power-to-move-us-and-heres-the-proof)

### **[A device for concentration of electromagnetic radiation](https://research.anu.edu.au/partner-with-us/technology-marketplace/a-device-for-concentration-of-electromagnetic-radiation)**

### **[Technology to enable AI systems rapidly adapt to novelty in their environment - on the fly](https://research.anu.edu.au/partner-with-us/technology-marketplace/technology-to-enable-ai-systems-rapidly-adapt-to-novelty-in)**

### **[MiniGrav: drone deployable miniturised absolute gravimeter](https://research.anu.edu.au/partner-with-us/technology-marketplace/minigrav-drone-deployable-miniturised-absolute-gravimeter)**

### **[Real time aberration correction in laser scanning systems](https://research.anu.edu.au/partner-with-us/technology-marketplace/real-time-aberration-correction-in-laser-scanning-systems)**