Bristol AI Ethics - July 2026
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July 2026
Come and join us for an evening of talks and discussions around the Ethical (or lack thereof) use of Artificial Intelligence 🤖
The evening will be:
- 6pm: arrival and networking
- 6:30pm: Monthly News Roundup
- 6:50pm: Main Talk by Dan Charles (details below)
- 7:20pm: Q&A + Discussion
- 7:35pm: Grab a drink
- 7:50pm: Positive Actions
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In a World of Habitual Change, What Shouldn't We Leave Behind?
More and more of what AI is being built and deployed for is automating cognitive and knowledge work, the kind that used to sit with a person.
Drafting, summarising, researching, making the first pass on a decision.
I build AI systems for a living and help others automate.
A critical question this talk will explore: when we offload our own or someone else's thinking, do we ever stop to evaluate the obvious and underlying value?
The talk works through the cognitive-science evidence on what offloading costs us (the generation effect, Harvard / BCG's jagged frontier) and brings in Shannon Vallor on moral deskilling. It closes on the framework I use myself - Keep / Give / Share.
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The evening will wrap up by 8pm, and there is the option for more discussions and networking until we have to vacate the building by 8:30pm 🙌🏻
Drinks and snacks
There will be drinks and snacks kindly supplied by Torchbox 🍻
Venue
The w3w for Torchbox is:
https://what3words.com/parade.rear.gosh
There is a short ramp up to the front door. Press the buzzer for Torchbox to be let in. Then take the lift or stairs up to the 3rd Floor.