What’s Your p(Doom)?

What’s Your p(Doom)?

Sat
16
Sat 16 Aug 3:00 PM

HOBART CITY HALL
Auslan Interpreted
Wheelchair
General Admission
90 Mins
August
Sat 16 Aug
3:00 PM

Is AI going to save us, enslave us, or just write all our event descriptions?

Be part of a live talk show where the guests are brilliant, the host is a comedian, and the topic is... the probability of humanity being wiped out by a superintelligent computer. Casual! Michael Hing wrangles a powerhouse lineup — AI expert Toby Walsh, Microsoft CTO Sarah Carney, Guardian tech journo Josh Taylor, and Dr Rebecca St George, who’s using AI to spot dementia before it strikes.

Will the future be the rosy utopia offered up in Dario Amodei’s much-discussed essay "Machines of Loving Grace," in which AI accelerates scientific progress to warp speed — essentially curing all human disease, mitigating climate change, and more? Or will the planet be saved from human destruction another way, when artificial intelligence wipes us off the face of the Earth?

This session is part of the Beaker Street Main Stage at Hobart City Hall. Enter through Market Place, where you'll find drinks, food, fires, and friendly strangers. Come early, stay late to enjoy all the action.

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MICHAEL HING
Michael Hing is a broadcaster, actor, improviser, podcaster and long-standing fixture of the stand-up comedy scene.


SPEAKERS


JOSH TAYLOR
Josh Taylor is an award-winning technology reporter at Guardian Australia who has covered the intersection of tech and politics in Australia for the past 15 years.


DR REBECCA ST GEORGE
Rebecca is a cognitive neuroscientist and university lecturer whose research uses AI and movement analysis to detect early signs of neurological conditions like Parkinson’s and dementia.


SARAH CARNEY
Sarah is the National Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft AU/ NZ. Her varied experiences and perspectives bring a unique lens to the way she approaches innovation and the potential of technology.


PROFESSOR TOBY WALSH FTSE FAA 
Toby is Scientia Professor of AI at UNSW and Chief Scientist at UNSW.AI. He's a leading voice in artificial intelligence, known for his global advocacy on the ethical use of AI and for making complex ideas accessible through his popular science books.


August
Sat 16 Aug
3:00 PM

HOBART CITY HALL

57-63 Macquarie Street Hobart, Tasmania, 7000