Festival of Dangerous Ideas

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How we connect the human body to technology isn't as scary as a science fiction movie, says UNSW Sydney neuroscientist Felix Aplin.

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Relationships with machines can never be a substitute for human contact, a UNSW Grand Challenges discussion heard this week. 

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UNSW’s Arts & Social Sciences Dean, Susan Dodds, gave a Festival of Dangerous Ideas audience food for thought on how to better support the most vulnerable people in our society.

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What will happen in the next sexual revolution? When will machines become smarter than humans? The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, presented this year for the first time in conjunction with UNSW, asked some fascinating questions.

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Scientia Professor Toby Walsh tells the Festival of Dangerous Ideas that Artificial Intelligence is less than 50 years away from matching humans.

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An international roll call of big thinkers will debate sexuality, morality, the dangers of artificial inteligence and the search for trust in a post-truth world at events presented with UNSW Sydney.