AI: Mind the Gap. A talk by Paul Roebuck

A discussion about Artificial Intelligence led by Paul Roebuck, author of The Last Gap and Mind the Gap. No technical knowledge required. Just curiosity.

AI is moving quickly into everyday life, but how much do we actually understand about it?

* Where, when and how it was created?

* How it actually works?

* Why it doesn’t know what an egg is?

* Why AI can sound completely confident and still be wrong?

* Why different AI models give different answers?

* What makes a good prompt, and a poor one?

* Whether AI is likely to replace jobs — or simply change them?

* What happens to our own judgement when we start relying on it?

The doors and bar open at 6:30pm. The bar now sells coffee as well as an excellent range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. The evening is scheduled to end at 9:30pm.