The effects of AI: deconstructing the hype and harm (Glasgow and online)

We’re delighted to welcome Calum McDonald of the Scottish AI Alliance as our guest speaker.

AI is often wrapped in grand promises: neutrality, efficiency, inevitability. Yet beyond the myth it can magnify bias, deepen inequality, and obscure accountability.

This session will unpack those hidden dynamics, showing how technology is never separate from human choices. We will explore how reasoned scrutiny and attention to lived realities and values like fairness and dignity can shift AI from hype towards genuine ethical practice.

There will be the option to join this session in person or online via Zoom.

Hosted by Glasgow Humanists, all welcome.

This event is open to all Humanist Society Scotland members, supporters, and anyone who shares our vision and values. Participation is free.

You can just show-up, but it’s helpful if you can register through Meetup to give organisers an idea of how many people to expect, and in order to receive the online joining instructions if you prefer to join via Zoom.

Doors will open at 1pm for a 1.30pm start (finishing by 3pm)

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The effects of AI: deconstructing the hype and harm (Glasgow and online)

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