Anna Goldsworthy - The God We Made
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6pm for 6.30pm Wednesday 17 JuneAnna Goldsworthy in conversation with Sophie Gee
How will we be changed by the rise of artificial intelligence? In this scintillating essay, Anna Goldsworthy argues that AI is a rupture that makes us confront what it is to be human – what we do, and want. As it learns human ways, AI raises big questions about work, leisure and education. It brings new existential, social and ethical risks. Above all, it invites us to consider what is irreplaceable in us, starting with the body and the friction of others.
The God We Made is a brilliant inquiry into identity and a transformed future. How can we learn to live with AI? And will AI be happy to live with us?
"The experts have spoken, but many of us remain curiously unprepared, burying our heads in the sand – Look at its hallucinations! It's never going to be as smart as us! – or imagining that the only issue is plagiarism. AI is not just another tool: it is a paradigm shift, a ceding of our superiority." —Anna Goldsworthy, The God We Made
Anna Goldsworthy is the author of several books, including the novel Melting Moments and the memoirs Piano Lessons and Welcome to Your New Life, as well as the 2013 Quarterly Essay Unfinished Business. Her writing has appeared in The Monthly, The Age, The Australian, The Adelaide Review and The Best Australian Essays. She is also a concert pianist and chamber musician, with several recordings to her name.
Sophie Gee is Professor of English at Princeton University. She's Director of Collaborative Inquiry at the University of Sydney, where she's engaged in building the public value of the humanities. She's the author of scholarly monographs and a historical novel and co-hosts the globally successful Secret Life of Books podcast. She writes for many publications including The New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Date
Wednesday 17 June 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
Upstairs at Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW 2037
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