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Minds in the making: humans, AI and the future of thought

How do human and artificial minds really form?
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22 Jan 2026 | 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm | GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
RSA House and online via YouTube
Science Social innovation

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In the RSA’s historic Great Room – the home of ideas since the Enlightenment – cognitive scientist Gaurav Suri explores how both human and AI minds emerge from vast, hidden networks of neural activity. A clear, compelling introduction to the science behind intelligence, attention and learning.

Speaker:

  • Gaurav Suri, Cognitive Scientist and Psychologist (Associate Professor, San Francisco State University)

Chair:

  • David Malone, Documentary Filmmaker and Author 

Gaurav Suri

Cognitive Scientist and Psychologist (Associate Professor, San Francisco State University)

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David Malone

Documentary Filmmaker and author

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