Counterpoint: AI: What's the Deal with Data?
Thursday, 28 May 2026 · St Catherine's College, 2 Park Rd, Crawley WA
AI feels intuitive, but is it actually thinking, or just following a script?
When AI produces fluid, human-like responses, it's easy to assume there's understanding behind the output. But models like ChatGPT and systems from DeepMind aren't reasoning the way we do. They're predicting the most likely next word or action based on patterns in vast amounts of data.
That raises a question worth debating: if humans rely on fast, experience-based judgment and AI relies on statistical pattern matching at scale, is intuition just pattern recognition, or something more?
This isn't just a philosophical exercise. It has real implications for how we deploy AI in medicine, law, and public policy. It shapes whether we trust AI to make decisions or only to assist them, and how we regulate systems we don't yet fully understand.
Join Jeroen van Dalen, Founder of AITAI, and Professor Michael Small, Director of the UWA Data Institute, as they go head-to-head on these conundrums, bringing provocative perspectives, surprising facts, and sharp debate to one of the defining questions of our time.
Event Details
- Date
- Thursday, 28 May 2026
- Time
- 04:00 PM – 07:00 PM
- Location
- St Catherine's College, 2 Park Rd, Crawley WA
- Price
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$10.00 members
$30.00 non-members