Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Tuesday, 8 Jun 2027 - 18:00

AI as Just Another Fork in the Cutlery Box

An overhead, eye-level shot captures a wooden kitchen drawer organiser filled with neatly arranged silverware and utensils, with a person's hands actively sorting forks and spoons

What if the most responsible role for AI is not as a partner, but as a narrow instrument? This lecture focuses on task-specific systems designed to do one thing well, arguing that knowing when not to enchant AI may be the most human design choice of all. The culmination is a design principle: intimacy with machines must remain chosen, limited and answerable.

Professor Matt Jones

Professor Matt Jones

IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology

Matt Jones is a computer scientist at Swansea University - and a Fellow of the British Computer Society - who works alongside colleagues from many...

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