Join Professor Nick Couldry of the London School of Economics and Political Science for a public lecture exploring the growing influence of artificial intelligence on how we think, work, learn and create.
Date: Thursday, 26 November 2026 Time: 5.00pm–7.00pm Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2
Register on Eventbrite here>
This event is co-hosted by the UCD Centre for Digital Policy and the Research Ireland ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin as part of the Horizon Europe FORSEE project.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how we live and work. But as AI becomes more deeply embedded in our everyday lives, are we giving technology companies too much control over how we think, learn and make decisions?
In this public lecture, Professor Nick Couldry will discuss the arguments presented in his new book, Predatory AI: How We Can Resist Corporate Capture of the Human Mind (Polity, November 2026).
Challenging the idea that the current direction of AI development is inevitable, Professor Couldry asks whether society is entering into the wrong relationship with artificial intelligence, one that risks making us increasingly dependent on technologies controlled by powerful corporations. Drawing on examples from education, the creative industries and the workplace, he will explore the social consequences of this growing dependence, including its implications for human creativity, independent thinking and environmental sustainability. The lecture will also consider what a different future for AI might look like including one that puts people, communities and wider societal values ahead of corporate interests.
This free public lecture is open to researchers, students, policymakers, industry professionals and anyone interested in the future of AI and its impact on society.
Nick Couldry is Professor of Media Communications and Social Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society.
A leading sociologist of media and culture, he has authored or edited eighteen books examining the relationship between media, technology, power and society.
His publications include The Costs of Connection (2019, with Ulises Mejias), Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back (2024, with Ulises Mejias), and The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What if it Can’t? (2024).
His latest book, Predatory AI, is the second in his Humanising the Future trilogy and argues for a fundamental rethink of society’s relationship with artificial intelligence.
Professor Couldry is also co-founder of Tierra Común, an international network of scholars and activists examining data colonialism and its implications for society.
This public lecture is co-hosted by the UCD Centre for Digital Policy and the ADAPT Research Centre as part of the Horizon Europe FORSEE project, funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101177579.
