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AI As Your Overlord: Assimilation, Acceptance or Resistance?

Professor Matt Jones · Gresham College

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About

“Scary”, “Worried”, “Dangerous” were some of the most frequent words to describe AI in a recent UK Government public survey. Do you fear, as many do, that AI will lead to us becoming second-class entities? In this first lecture, we will explore this ascendency, considering how notions of intelligence, sentience, perception, consciousness and reasoning are being framed and challenged in an AI-centred world; and surface the social, economic and ethical implications of these developments.

Lectures

  1. AI Will Be Your Overlord: Faster, Brighter, Better Than You? 2025-09-23 · Audio
  2. Becoming AI – Your Journey to Assimilation? 2025-11-25 · Audio
  3. Will You Be AI’s Pet? 2026-02-03 · Audio
  4. Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity 2026-03-17 · Audio
  5. Taming AI 2026-04-21 · Audio
  6. Forging Better Futures for You and AI 2026-06-02 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Matt Jones
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Economics, Philosophy
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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