How can we mitigate the risks of AI while preserving scientific inquiry and openness? Who is responsible for anticipating the impacts of AI research, and how can they do so effectively? What changes, if any, need to be made to the peer review process?
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
According to TV shows like "Ancient Aliens", the monumental buildings of the past were created not by our ancestors but by aliens or extradimensional beings. At first glance this appears harmless, but those claims are deeply rooted in creationist and racist ideas.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
In what sense does ‘prison work’? Does the claim stand scrutiny? Phil Scraton will address the harms of imprisonment, critique the reformist ‘rehabilitation’ agenda and explore the potential for prison abolition.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.
Do only irrational people fear things like WiFi, artificial sweeteners, and fluoridated water? There have been legitimately dangerous products sold as safe in the past. We'll look at products throughout history that killed, and the marketing campaigns that went along with them.
This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.