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The Human Factor: Building AI Without Losing Ourselves
Teams link for this event:
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Our entire human experience is increasingly mediated by AI, transforming how we learn, work, consume information, and socialize. But will these developments enhance human thinking and wellbeing, or diminish them? Recent studies suggest AI can negatively impact critical thinking, motivation for learning, and social and mental health. As AI becomes more deeply embedded in daily life, we face a crucial question: How might we design and deploy these systems to augment rather than atrophy our cognitive and social capacities? This talk explores strategies for developing AI that strengthens human capabilities rather than eroding them, ensuring we don’t lose the essential qualities that make us human.
Date:
16 November 2025, 16:30
Venue:
Event taking place online (teams)
Speaker:
Prof. Pattie Maes (MIT)
Organiser:
Yicheng Su (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
yicheng.su@oriel.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
No cost
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Garry Cherepakhov
