Name: Are we ready for AI ??
Start: 2025-12-14T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-14T22:00:00-05:00

CFIC is continuing our series of town hall gatherings. Once a month, we gather on Zoom to discuss a selected topic relevant to our society and our democracy.

Join this month's discussion via [Zoom](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82282012335?pwd=LdztFwnbnm53lbfgEwoJpjn9KeC3vx.1) on December 14th at 8pm EST.

Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft's AI division, lists numerous benefits that AI will bring to humanity in medicine, education, engineering, and more. Geoffrey Hinton, the "godfather of AI," agrees, but he is also very concerned about the likely misuse of AI by bad actors; he is worried about autonomous weapons, about the Banking system's vulnerability to AI-generated attacks, and about humanity's future in which AI goals do not align with humanity's goals. Stephen Hawking listed AI as one of the existential threats to humanity, as do many other prominent thinkers.
AI is already here, affecting and transforming how we search for information, create media content, and solve engineering problems. It is estimated that within 5 to 15 years, AI will become super-intelligent and humanity will be the less intelligent species.
In the upcoming Town-Hall meeting, we will ask “ Are we ready for AI?”. Please come and join the discussion on the 14th of December at 8:00 pm EST on Zoom.

* Background document: [Are we ready?](https://centreforinquiry.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-Dec.14-background1.pdf)

*Join the discussion via [Zoom](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82282012335?pwd=LdztFwnbnm53lbfgEwoJpjn9KeC3vx.1) on December 14 at 8pm EST.*
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Topics are selected by polling CFIC members and the wider public.
These meetings are not planned to be webinars; the format will be a moderated discussion in which the attendees debate and discuss. Our objective is to nurture a culture of respectful and open-minded discussion, thereby fostering democratic and participatory citizenship. The leadership team provides a background document to introduce the topic, and will also include some questions, available for download from the CFIC website a week ahead of the Town Hall meeting.

Yossi Karov

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