Is this AI’s Black Mirror Moment? Dr Anna Broinowski, Dr Micah Goldwater, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and Dr Jonathan Kummerfeld with host Rae Johnston

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  • Run time – 60 minutes, no interval
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AI – friend or faux?

Are we blindly racing headfirst into the chaos of AI before we have even recovered from the divisions and manipulations fuelled by social media? Dr Karl and a panel of experts unpack the risks as AI continues its advance. 

Large language models are prone to hallucination, confidently generating fiction disguised as fact. Deepfakes distort visual reality. And AI’s unnervingly fluent speech creates the illusion of connection, while quietly reshaping how we relate to others, and to truth itself. As machines grow more human in tone, we’re turning to it not just for information, but for guidance, companionship, even comfort. But could this growing dependence be making us lonelier, more deluded and dangerously misinformed? 

Co-presented with the University of Sydney

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AI is likely to be either the best or worst thing to happen to humanity.

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Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

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Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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