Novel science and novel applications of science constantly give us new technologies and change how, when and where we live our lives, and even how long those lives will be.

Mostly, those changes are for the better.

But not all technology is benign or applied to benign ends.
How should we respond?

And, as Machiavelli pointed out five hundred years ago, change creates winners and losers.

Who wins, who loses and how will the losers respond?

Encountering artificial intelligence, Round 1

AI in historical context

How significant is AI? Is it a second or third or fourth industrial revolution? Or something different? And why does that matter anyway?

Impact of AI

How will people, institutions and goverments respond to AI? How should they respond?

How will AI impact us economically & socially? What will it mean to us? And who is us?

Understanding AI

What is AI, really? Unpacking & demythologising AI and the nature of consciousness

Adapting to AI

How will people, institutions and goverments respond to AI? How should they respond?

Regulating AI (or not)

Where is the failure? Designing & implementing an appropriate regulatory environment

Living with AI