About this Event
As part of MidCoast Festival of Stories, one of Australia’s most loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling, Sydney Writers’ Festival will live-stream its headline events from Sydney to MidCoast Council Libraries on Thursday 23, Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May.
Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some ofthe world’s finest writers and thinkers. Audiences can also participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions straight to the Sydney stage. Join us for Live & Local 2024, streamed live by Sydney Writers’ Festival and delivered locally.
About the event...
DARK TECHNOLOGIES: EXPOSING THE TECHNOLOGY OF MODERN WELFARE - ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN AND TOBY WALSH
Hear about the role of emerging technologies in conflict and occupation with Walkley Award–winning journalist Antony Loewenstein (The Palestine Laboratory), artificial intelligence expert Toby Walsh (Faking It) and host Michael Richardson.
About the authors...
Antony Loewenstein
Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, best-selling author, filmmaker and co-founder of Declassified Australia. He's written for The Guardian, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books and many others. His books include Pills, Powder and Smoke, Disaster Capitalism and My Israel Question. His documentary films include Disaster Capitalism and the Al Jazeera English films West Africa's Opioid Crisis and Under the Cover of Covid. He was based in East Jerusalem 2016–2020.
Toby Walsh
Toby Walsh is Chief Scientist of UNSW.AI, University of NSW's new AI Institute. He is a strong advocate for limits to ensure AI is used to improve our lives, having spoken at the UN and to heads of state, parliamentary bodies, company boards and many others on this topic. This advocacy has led to him being "banned indefinitely" from Russia. He is a Fellow of the Australia Academy of Science and was named on the international "Who's Who in AI" list of influencers. He has written four bookson AI for a general audience, the most recent is Faking It! Artificial Intelligence in A Human World.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
MidCoast Libraries - Forster, 4 Lake Street, Forster, Australia
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