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SUMMARY:Will AI secure humanity’s future?
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Ma
 rshall Building)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 20 June 2026 3.30pm - 4.30pmSpeakersDr Stephanie Hare
 Professor Michael MuthukrishnaHetan ShahProfessor Judy WajcmanChairProfess
 or Andrew MurrayArtificial Intelligence is reshaping our world\, transform
 ing economies\, societies\, daily interactions and the institutions that s
 upport them. Many researchers and policymakers view this as a pivotal mome
 nt\, one that could lead to greater global wellbeing if managed well or to
  growing instability if risks are left unchecked.Supporters argue that AI 
 is driving positive change across the world. It is advancing human welfare
  by making scientific research faster and more reliable\, improving diagno
 stics and treatment in healthcare\, and strengthening environmental planni
 ng through climate modelling. It is boosting productivity leading to econo
 mic growth and helping public services respond more accurately to social n
 eeds. Some highlight its potential to widen democratic participation by im
 proving access to information and enabling new forms of civic engagement.C
 ritics warn that AI presents potentially unsurmountable challenges. Its en
 ormous energy demands will worsen the climate crisis. The inherent biases 
 in its data will perpetuate discrimination and social inequity. The rise o
 f deepfakes and misinformation\, will erode trust and kill democracy. In t
 he job market\, AI-driven automation will displace roles\, reshape careers
 \, and concentrate power and wealth with a limited few. Ultimately the rap
 id pace of its development and deployment may lead to our inability to gov
 ern and control it.Join us to hear four speakers present their competing v
 iewpoints. Consider the debate\, ask questions of the panel and decide whe
 ther you are persuaded that AI will really improve our daily lives safegua
 rd the planet and save humanity.Meet the speakers and chairStephanie Hare 
 is a researcher\, broadcaster and author focused on technology\, politics 
 and history. She co-presents “Artificial Intelligence: Decoded” on BBC
  television and contributes to the BBC World Service. Her first book\, Tec
 hnology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics\, was named a F
 inancial Times Best Technology Book of summer 2022\, and her writing has f
 eatured in the Financial Times\, The Washington Post\, the Guardian/Observ
 er\, the Harvard Business Review\, WIRED and Computer Weekly. She has work
 ed at Accenture\, Palantir\, and Oxford Analytica\; held the Alistair Horn
 e Visiting Fellowship at St Antony’s College\, Oxford\; and earned a PhD
  and MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) a
 nd a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, including a 
 year at the Université de la Sorbonne (Paris IV).Michael Muthukrishna (@m
 muthukrishna\, @michael.muthukrishna.com) is Professor of Economic Psychol
 ogy in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE and 
 an affiliate of the Developmental Economics GroupatSTICERD and of the LSE 
 Data Science Institute. He is also Founder of LSE Culturalytik (a new appr
 oach to culture and diversity)\, Co-Founder of the London School of Artifi
 cial Intelligence (LSAI)\, and Scientific Advisor to the AI startup\, Elec
 tric Twin. His most recent book\, A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are\, How W
 e Got Here\, and Where We’re Going\, was published by Basic Books in 202
 3.Hetan Shah is chief executive at the British Academy\, the UK’s nation
 al academy for humanities and social sciences. He is Chair of Our World in
  Data\, which brings together research and data to make progress against t
 he world’s largest problems. Hetan was appointed in 2024 by the UK Parli
 ament to the board of the National Audit Office\, the UK’s independent s
 pending watchdog. He is Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute\, Kings
  College London and a Fellow at Birkbeck\, University of London. Hetan ser
 ves on a number of advisory boards\, including the UCL Policy Lab and the 
 Resolution Foundation.Judy Wajcman is Emeritus Professor at the London Sch
 ool of Economics and Political Science\, where she held the Anthony Gidden
 s Chair in Sociology. At the Alan Turing Institute (2019-2025) she led the
  Women in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research project. She i
 s a member of the British Academy\, a visiting professor at the Oxford Int
 ernet Institute\, and a member of the AI 100 Standing Committee at Stanfor
 d University. Her books include The Social Shaping of Technology\, Techno
 Feminism\, and Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capit
 alism.Andrew Murray is Dean of LSE Law School and Professor of Law special
 ising in new media and technology law. A fellow of the RSA\, he has advise
 d the UK House of Lords and the Saudi government\, and previously held vis
 iting posts at Sciences Po and the Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute.
  He delivered the 2020 TMC Asser Lecture and is a reviewer for major inter
 national research awards.More about this eventThis event is part of the LS
 E Festival: How to save the planet running from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 J
 une 2026. This year's Festival explores how existential threats including 
 the climate crisis\, conflict and AI are affecting all parts of the world\
 , transforming the way and where we live\, and how our societies function.
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