Continuing their series of tech talks, the Lovelace Society delivered an engaging debate to Years 8 and 9 students entitled: AI: Could your toaster kill you?

They debated the rise of AI and what might happen if the singularity happens (when technological growth becomes uncontrollable). Tobi Apesin (Lower Sixth) reflected about the session: “The informal debate/conversation was about the ethics of AI and robotics and where it should be heading with all the possible outcomes that such technologies could have on the world and society. The discussion covered many areas, with students debating over which jobs could possibly be made redundant as a result of AI and whether AI is ethical at all. Overall, this was a very insightful debate and many issues were raised in a short 30 minutes of the lunchtime slot. We hope to run more events and start up more conversations about this increasingly important topic.”

The Lovelace Society at BGS was formed by Computer Science Sixth Form students Tobi Apesin, Tasneem Hussain, Athena Kurtti and Grace Maguire. The like-minded individuals meet together with the purpose of finding out more about studying the subject at university and future careers. Working with The Alumnae Office they have arranged for a number of former students to deliver a series of talks about their own personal journeys since leaving school. Read about a recent talk with BGS alumna, Charlie Anderson here.