You and AI: Intimacy, Agency, and the Roles

Stylised blue-green photos of a monk, a pixellated dog, a close-up spore, a person on a hill, a toy robot and a banana wrapped in chains

Instead of asking what AI might become, this series of lectures asks how AI is already being positioned in our lives: as therapist, muse, companion, co-worker, assistant or everyday tool. Drawing on computer science, human–computer interaction, psychology, robotics and design, the series examines how technical design choices shape human agency, trust, skill and responsibility. It argues for restraint: a future where AI is powerful, useful and deliberately unenchanted.