AI needs intelligent humans to control it.. doesn’t it? Journalist Peter Greste to lead night of debate in Macquarie Park
EVENT Name
Arts After Dark | AI needs intelligent humans…or does it?
Date & TIME
5:45pm - 8:00pm
Thursday 14 September 2023
LOCATION
Mason Theatre
14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Avenue
Macquarie University 2113
Ever spent an evening with an AI-powered robotic drummer, an internationally-renowned journalist and some of the nation’s leading thinkers in arts, culture and education?
Hosted by award-winning foreign correspondent Peter Greste (BBC, Al Jazeera and Reuters) Macquarie University Faculty of Arts invites you to this one-of-a-kind event.
Prepare to be propelled into the fascinating world of AI and learn how humans can avoid its pitfalls whilst also leveraging its benefits:
Dr Peter Savery - musical AI developer
Professor Peter Greste - international journalist
Associate Professor Karen Pearlman - film creator
Professor Bronwyn Carlson - Indigenous expert
Alison Cairns - Tech whizz at EY, and
Keirzo - the AI-powered rapping robot!
Artificial intelligence is now ubiquitous, whether it drives the virtual assistant in your phone, checks bank transactions for fraud or filters candidates for the next job you apply for, find out how we are all interacting with it all the time - for better or worse:
