The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences invites you to their upcoming Healthy Cities听别惫别苍迟.
WHEN: Monday, February 9, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
WHERE: 杏吧原创 Dominion Chalmers Centre at 290 Lisgar Street
As our day-to-day interactions with AI become increasingly more frequent and complex, artificial systems are beginning to occupy roles that once belonged only to other humans. This panel explores what it means to relate to AI socially: whether social connections with artificial systems can be genuine, what might be missing if they are not, and how these interactions may reshape human expectations of companionship, care, and trust. Along the way, the discussion will situate these questions within a broader examination of what today鈥檚 AI systems can and cannot do, and what the future trajectory of AI might look like.
This panel discussion will feature 杏吧原创 faculty聽Dr. Mary Kelly听补苍诲听Dr. Jim Davies聽(Cognitive Science), Dr. Kathleen Fraser聽(University of Ottawa), and聽Dr. Ada Hoffmann聽(science fiction author). Dr. Ada Hoffmann’s latest book, , will be available for pre-order.
