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AI & Sci-Fi Utopias
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Mar 31 (Wed) , 2027 @ 07:00 PM
$35
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Parallel universes. Artificial intelligence. Utopian societies. What if the wildest ideas in science fiction could teach us something profound about the world we live in, & the one we might create?
From the imagined societies of Ursula K. Le Guin to the mind-bending realities of Philip K. Dick, science fiction has long challenged everything we think we know about human nature, consciousness, & the future. Cornell neuroscientist Elizabeth Riley, whose wildly popular Human Bonding course has become a viral sensation, joins us for an intimate conversation about the intersection of neuroscience, speculative fiction, & the limitless possibilities of human imagination.
Drawing on classics like Le Guin's The Dispossessed & Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Riley brings her expertise in the neurological systems governing attention, perception, & emotional memory to reveal how our brains shape our understanding of reality. How can sci-fi expose the invisible assumptions that govern our lives? And how might it invite us to imagine entirely different ways of being?
In an intimate lecture & conversation, hear Riley takes us on a mind-bending journey through science, fiction, & the frontiers of human possibility.
After the talk, stick around for a one-hour open bar with Riley & your fellow literary futurists.
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