AI: existential danger or no big deal?
Monday, October 19, 2026
7:00 PM
The Flame Diner
Manhattan
About this event
Welcome to “**Skeptic Dinners**,” a series of events facilitated by Prof. [Massimo Pigliucci](https://figsinwintertime.substack.com/), a philosopher and biologist at the City College of New York. The idea is similar to that of the [Ancient Greek symposia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium): let’s get a small number of like-minded people together over drinks and food and discuss interesting subjects! > So, is AI a great technology that will usher a new era of progress and prosperity for hum
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