# AI As Your Overlord: Assimilation, Acceptance or Resistance?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Matt Jones
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Economics, Philosophy
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/ai-overlord)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

“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?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-ai-overlord/54b727e983d0) (Audio)
2. [Becoming AI – Your Journey to Assimilation?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-ai-overlord/0729dcd6c72b) (Audio)
3. [Will You Be AI’s Pet?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-ai-overlord/a73982c2e484) (Audio)
4. [Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-ai-overlord/9fceacf366b6) (Audio)
5. [Taming AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-ai-overlord/832c2e90d0f9) (Audio)
6. [Forging Better Futures for You and AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-ai-overlord/fa07bd08deb2) (Audio)