She served as president of The Institute for Cybercultural Research, which she founded, and of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science.
[2] Cyberculture was defined by Hilton as "that way of life made possible when an entire process of production is carried out by systems of machines monitored and controlled by one computer".
[5] She described how computers could someday become conscious, and that the interactions that take place in a human body could be performed by human-made circuits.
"[10]In an article in the Michigan Quarterly Review, Hilton discussed the future of work in a world of automation.
[1] She wrote about the need for an Ethos for the Age of Cyber Culture and for government involvement to develop a good cybercultural society.
[16] The institute considered the immediate problems that might arise from the acceleration of technology and the need for ethics to be at the heart of new working conditions, as well as serving as a reliable source of information to government.
[17] Hilton was a signatory on The Triple Revolution, a memorandum sent to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, to share concerns about "the cybernation generation".
[22] In subsequent decades, she turned her attention to the mathematical history of architecture, with a focus on medieval cathedrals.