What Defines a Human? — In the Age of AI

AI can already communicate, create images and music, solve problems, and sometimes even appear empathetic. As AI becomes more capable, asking 'What defines a human?' isn't just abstract, it shapes the future we choose.

In this discussion, we’ll explore consciousness, emotions, creativity, identity, and other qualities we associate with being human — and ask whether they are truly unique to us.

Questions we might discuss:

• What fundamentally distinguishes a human being from today’s AI?
• Is consciousness the key difference? And what exactly do we mean by consciousness?
• Are emotions, empathy, love, and suffering necessary for being human?
• If an AI convincingly expresses emotions, does it matter whether it actually feels them?
• Is human creativity fundamentally different from AI-generated creativity?
• Could an AI ever become conscious — and if it did, should we still consider it merely a machine?

If you are new to this group, heres what you can expect

• 2 hours of deep conversations in a respectful environment that will provide you with new perspective
• supportive group of people sharing their own unique experiences and viewpoints, and encouraging you to do the same.
• rich mix of newcomers and regulars from different countries and cultures for a broad diversity of opinions and experiences

Please note, in order to cover the room expenses and meetup costs we will collect a small donation per participant

To ensure a diverse crowd, we sometimes manually move people from the waiting list to the participant list. We appreciate your understanding