AI & Society — Brisbane

AI & Society | Run and Coffee Club ☕🏃‍♀️🥐
7 am Start
📅 Every Second Weekend | 🕖
📍 Felons Café, Howard Smith Wharves (under the Story Bridge, opposite Crystalbrook Vincent Hotel)
Run. Walk. Chat. Coffee.
Whether you’re lacing up for a 5km jog, strolling the riverwalk, or just here for the ☕ + 💬 — you’re welcome.
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### 🗓️ Schedule
6:55am – Arrive & meet outside Felons Café (you find this under the bridge)
7:00am – Warm-up under the bridge
7:05am – Start the run/jog/walk
7:50am – Water, coffee & chats back at Felons Café 🥛💧☕🥐
Welcome to stay for as long or as little as you like, usually we hang around until 9am.
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### 🏃‍♀️ The Plan
We’ll do a relaxed 5-6km return run (or walk!) along Brisbane’s scenic Riverwalk to New Farm Park and back.
✨ No pressure. Go at your own pace.
🎯 Finish point is at Howard Smith Wharves so we can all cool down and walk to Felons Café.
📍 Route map: onthegomap.com/s/edlhcbvm
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### ☕ Why We Do It
We might geek out on AI — but we’re also here for real-world connection.
One step, one conversation, one coffee at a time.
Bring your curiosity, comfy shoes, and good energy.
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### 🎤 Bonus: Jog-and-Talk Video
I’ll be filming a short “jog-and-talk” asking:
“What did you learn this week in AI?”
Join in, listen in, or just enjoy the vibes.
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### 🧭 Getting There

• Train: Fortitude Valley Train Station or Brisbane City Train Station (Short walk to HSW)
• Bus: Brisbane CBD (Multiple) or Arrive in the Valley (Brunswick St) (Short walk to HSW)
• Parking Options
• Street Parking: There's usually some parks available along Bowen Terrace, near the Bowen Terrace Lookout (take the lift down to HSW)
• HSW Carpark: howardsmithwharves.com/car-park

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### 🌦️ Weather
We’ll go ahead in light rain. If weather turns bad, I’ll update you 48 hours before.
Pro tip: Bring a towel, spare socks or a rain jacket – just in case.
***
### 💼 Bag Drop
If you have a small bag or jumper (no valuables) you can kindly ask the staff at Felons Café to store this away for you during the run and collect it afterwards when we return for a coffee & croissant.
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### 📲 Quick Tips

• Text me (Sophia) if you need anything.
• Download the Meetup app for updates and direct messaging (You can also message me on here)
• Track your run on Strava – it’s free and fun!

🎟️ Please Register via Humanitix.

### AI & Society | March 2026

### What AI Misses: Context, Trust & the Future of Judgement

AI is no longer just generating content in the background.
It is advising, recommending, summarising, and increasingly shaping real-world decisions.
So the real question is:
When AI sounds intelligent… how do we know when to trust it?
Join AI & Society for an evening exploring context, trust, and judgement in the age of large language models, featuring a keynote presentation by Ben Marino on context engineering and designing more trustworthy AI systems.

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### Why this conversation matters

Modern AI systems can produce fluent, confident answers, yet research shows they still struggle with robust reasoning and real-world grounding, making human oversight essential.
As AI becomes embedded in professional and civic life, the real challenge is shifting from:
“Can AI generate answers?”
to
“When is it safe to trust them?”
This event explores that shift through both technical insight and societal reflection.

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### AI Zero to Hero Segment

#### Trikush Mehta

Here Trikush will live demo how he uses some power AI tools in 5 minutes!

### Guest Speaker

#### Ben Marino — Senior Software Engineer & Founder, MindSetCoach

Ben’s work focuses on context engineering: scientifically testing how large language models behave in real-world scenarios, where subtle or “quiet” signals can be overlooked.
Through live experiments and practical demonstrations, he’ll explore:

• Why AI can miss critical information hidden in context
• How persona, memory, and compression shape AI judgement
• Where confidence appears without true understanding
• What designing trustworthy AI systems really requires

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### Interactive Workshop

AI & Society events are participatory by design.
This isn’t just a "talk".
It’s a room thinking together.

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### 📅 Event Details

Date: Wednesday 18 February 2026
Time: 5:30 pm arrival · 6:00 pm start · 8:30 pm close
Location: Stair Stadium, Level 2, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley

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### 📍 Getting There

Address:
Level 2, The Stair Stadium
315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD
Entry:
Via Hawkers Lane from Chinatown Mall or Fortitude Valley Mall.
Follow signage on the ground-floor lane.

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### 🚉 Transport & Parking

• Train: Fortitude Valley Station (≈5-minute walk)
• Bus: Multiple Fortitude Valley routes nearby
• Parking: McWhirters Secure-A-Spot and surrounding options

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### 📸 Photography Notice

Photos and video may be captured during the event for AI & Society’s LinkedIn and community communications.
If you prefer not to be included, simply let us know on arrival.

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### About AI & SocietyAbout AI & Society

AI & Society is a national community convening people across disciplines to explore the human, ethical, and civic implications of artificial intelligence.
Through curated events and facilitated workshops across Australian cities, we:

• Build practical AI literacy and confidence
• Bridge technical insight with societal responsibility
• Strengthen human judgement in an AI-enabled world

AI & Society is not about hype.
It’s about discernment.
Because the defining question is no longer what AI can do —
but what society should trust.

We’ll do a relaxed 5-6km return run (or walk!) along Brisbane’s scenic Riverwalk to New Farm Park and back.
✨ No pressure. Go at your own pace.
🎯 Finish point is at Howard Smith Wharves so we can all cool down and walk to Felons Café.
📍 Route map: onthegomap.com/s/edlhcbvm
***

### ☕ Why We Do It

We might geek out on AI — but we’re also here for real-world connection.
One step, one conversation, one coffee at a time.
Bring your curiosity, comfy shoes, and good energy.
***

### 🎤 Bonus: Jog-and-Talk Video

I’ll be filming a short “jog-and-talk” asking:
“What did you learn this week in AI?”
Join in, listen in, or just enjoy the vibes.
***

### 🧭 Getting There

• Train: Fortitude Valley Train Station or Brisbane City Train Station (Short walk to HSW)
• Bus: Brisbane CBD (Multiple) or Arrive in the Valley (Brunswick St) (Short walk to HSW)
• Parking Options
• Street Parking: There's usually some parks available along Bowen Terrace, near the Bowen Terrace Lookout (take the lift down to HSW)
• HSW Carpark: howardsmithwharves.com/car-park

***

### 🌦️ Weather

We’ll go ahead in light rain. If weather turns bad, I’ll update you 48 hours before.
Pro tip: Bring a towel, spare socks or a rain jacket – just in case.
***

### 💼 Bag Drop

If you have a small bag or jumper (no valuables) you can kindly ask the staff at Felons Café to store this away for you during the run and collect it afterwards when we return for a coffee & croissant.
***

### 📲 Quick Tips

• Text me (Sophia) if you need anything.
• Download the Meetup app for updates and direct messaging (You can also message me on here)
• Track your run on Strava – it’s free and fun!