Event 28
Tom Chatfield talks to Adam Rutherford
Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are
Venue: St Mary’s Church
Our entanglement, fears and arguments around AI are nothing new; Dr Tom Chatfield believes humans have always been deeply involved with our creations, from flint tools to written words and computation, and that we are neither the masters nor victims of such technologies.
He talks to scientist Adam Rutherford about ethical, cultural and evolutionary understandings of technology, challenging us to re-evaluate every aspect of humanity’s entwining with technology, its impact upon our lives, and what lies ahead for our exponential age.
Dr Chatfield is a British author and tech philosopher whose bestselling critical thinking textbooks and courses for SAGE Publishing are used across the world. He is the author of non-fiction books including Wise Animals: How Technology Has Made Us What We Are, and his debut novel, This Is Gomorrah, was a Sunday Times thriller of the month, shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger and won France’s 2020 Prix Douglas Kennedy. Rutherford is a Radio 4 broadcaster and president of the British Humanist Association.
