AI and Society Seminar Series - clearing the decks for 2026!
These seminars consider AI's social impacts in a range of areas, and discuss how AI can best be overseen to maximise positive impacts and minimise negative ones.
They are open to anyone who is interested in attending. We don't presuppose any technical background.. if we present AI systems, we do it 'from scratch', in ways that should be accessible to everyone.
Discussing AI's social impacts is a very interdisciplinary task, and our speakers and participants come from many different backgrounds, in academia, government, industry and NGOs.
The series organiser is
Ali Knott (
ali.knott@vuw.ac.nz): please email Ali if you'd like to be added to the mailing list.
Details of previous years' seminars can be found here:
2023 (22 seminars),
2024 (24 seminars),
2025 (23 seminars)
Seminars are at 4:00-5:30pm.
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| 27 Feb |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 6 March |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 13 March |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 20 March |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 27 March |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 3 April |
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Good Friday |
No seminar! |
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| 10 April |
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Mid-trimester break |
No seminar! |
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| 17 April |
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Mid-trimester break |
No seminar! |
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| 24 April |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 1 May |
Room TBA |
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| 8 May |
Room TBA |
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| 15 May |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 22 May |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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| 29 May |
Rutherford House, RH1209/1210 |
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Trimester 2
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Venue |
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| TBA! |
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