Technology Rewriting Us: Ancient Tech, AI & the Future of Being Human

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Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.

This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.

Event Schedule:

6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open

7pm Lecuture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

*Please arrive close to 6.30pm

A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.

Your Topic:
Technology Rewriting Us: Ancient Tech, AI & the Future of Being Human

In this talk, I tell the story of an ancient technology that drastically changed how people thought, learned and organised their societies, and ask whether artificial intelligence is about to do the same. AI is often accused of making us more stupid, but the real question is: what kind of stupid is it making us, and might that actually be good for humanity? Drawing on my work teaching a university philosophy unit on AI versus organic intelligence, and my background in psychology and AI ethics, I explore how everyday uses of AI are already reshaping how we think and what we know. This is a session for curious sceptics and cautious optimists who would rather wake up to what AI is doing to us than sleepwalk into someone else’s future.

Your Speaker:

Dr Peter Brace is an educator, philosopher, and researcher whose work sits at the heart…