Is AI our modern-day Frankenstein? Jeanette Winterson and Toby Walsh
Acclaimed British author Jeanette Winterson argues that 200 years ago, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, was a message in a bottle, a prophesy, of today's AI revolution. This conversation was recorded at the Sydney Writers' Festival, in partnership with the University of New South Wales's Centre for Ideas on 21 May 2025. Speakers Jeanette Winterson Author, 12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love, Oranges are not the only fruit, and many more Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester Toby Walsh (host) Author, The Shortest History of AI: Six ideas to understand artificial intelligence today and more Chief Scientist of AI, University of New South Wales Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
Big Ideas · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Acclaimed British author Jeanette Winterson argues that 200 years ago, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, was a message in a bottle, a prophesy, of today's AI revolution.
This conversation was recorded at the Sydney Writers' Festival, in partnership with the University of New South Wales's Centre for Ideas on 21 May 2025.
Speakers
Jeanette WintersonAuthor, 12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love, Oranges are not the only fruit, and many moreProfessor of New Writing at the University of Manchester
Toby Walsh (host)Author, The Shortest History of AI: Six ideas to understand artificial intelligence today and moreChief Scientist of AI, University of New South WalesFellow, Australian Academy of Science