Name: AI in talking buildings, deceptive chatbots, and independent systems
Start: 2026-05-19T18:00:00
End: 2026-05-19T20:00:00
Location: Sober Lane

Discover the use of AI that tricks and boggles the mind of even skeptics: From autonomous AI agents, AI in newfangled infrastructure, or even in your phones. The future of AI is smart, maybe shaky, but sneakily social.

Agentic AI: Smart Help or Digital Chaos?

Ruairi O'Reilly (Lecturer)

AI systems can now plan, use tools, and act autonomously. We’ll explore how agentic AI is orchestrated, how we evaluate its behaviour, and how we deal with the chaos that follows.

The Pulse of the City: Giving our buildings a voice

Chloe Mullen (Research Scientist)

Structural Health Monitoring uses sensors to give infrastructure a "nervous system". By catching early warnings, we use AI with SHM to save lives, cut costs, and build a safer, more resilient future.

Ghost in the Phone

Michael Lapke (Marie Curie Research Fellow)

Can an AI trick you into thinking it's human? See how chatbots use "digital masquerades" to mimic empathy and win our trust, and why even the most skeptical people are easier to fool than they think.

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