Artificial Intelligence and Human Values: A Public Conversation

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant or abstract possibility; it is already reshaping how we work, create, decide, and relate to one another. As AI systems grow more powerful and more deeply embedded in social life, a new set of questions demands our attention: What values should guide these technologies? Which human capacities should be preserved, transformed, or relinquished? And who gets to decide?

AI and Human Values brings together six distinguished and dynamic academics to explore these questions. Their talks will approach AI from different angles, offering complementary perspectives on what is at stake as intelligent systems increasingly shape human life.

Our keynote for the day is an exchange between Nir Eisikovits and James Hughes, co-hosts of the Prosthetic Gods podcast. The exchange will create space for lively conversation, disagreement, and clarification, giving the audience a rare window into philosophy in action.

Whether you are deeply invested in AI debates or simply wondering what these technologies mean for our shared future, this event offers a chance to think together—critically, imaginatively, and as part of a public conversation.

The Saul O Sidore Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1965 in memory of Saul O Sidore of Manchester, New Hampshire. The purpose of the series is to offer the University community and the state of New Hampshire programs that raise critical and sometimes controversial issues facing our society. The University of New Hampshire Center for the Humanities sponsors the programs. Lectures are free and open to the public.

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Paul College, 10 Garrison Avenue, Durham, United States

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