About AI Debate: Will AI make us happier?
AI proponents present a sunny side in which AI will make us healthier, it will improve our education, it will help us grow our economy, and it will even provide us with empathetic and always present AI friends. On the other side, we have those who see many risks and harms related to AI, even a potential for AI to endanger our very humanity and existence.
Our panel of experts, chaired by Timandra Harkness, will provide different perspectives that can inform this seemingly binary debate, give our audience an opportunity to ask questions, and to tell us about their hopes and fears for the AI powered future.
Full panel to be announced.
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There are a range of concessions available. These include discounts for British Library Members, half-price tickets for students and under 26s, free entry for carers as well as a number of other concessions.
Venue opening times
This is an in-person only event at the Pigott Theatre in British Library Knowledge Centre.
The Knowledge Centre will open from 18.30.
Please arrive no later than 15 minutes before the start time of this event. If you have specific access requirements please email customer@bl.uk
Timandra Harkness
Timandra Harkness is a writer, broadcaster, and presenter.
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Her book, Technology is Not the Problem, was published by Harper Collins in May 2024, and previous book Big Data: does size matter? by Bloomsbury Sigma in 2016. Timandra has written and presented series for BBC Radio 4, including FutureProofing, How To Disagree, Steelmanning, and Political School, in addition to documentaries such as Data, Data Everywhere, Divided Nation, What Has Sat-Nav Done To Our Brains, and Five Knots.
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