Humans make mistakes in the fog of war, but AI goes rogue on a grand scale. There's a far higher risk of AI destroying humanity by the end of the century than climate change or nuclear war.

Tracey Spicer

Humankind stands at a crossroads: will artificial intelligence make us superhumanly productive, liberating us from life’s most mundane tasks? Or have we opened Pandora’s box, unleashing sentient technology that will eventually destroy us? 

In a colossal contest of persuasion and wit, two teams of our best and brightest debate whether artificial intelligence is better than the real thing.  

Listen and help us decide once and for all who wins in the battle of man vs. machine with team captains Annabel Crabb and David Marr, as they duke it out alongside teammates Matilda Boseley, Rhys Nicholson, Tracey Spicer and Toby Walsh.

Presented by Sydney Writers' Festival and supported by UNSW Centre for Ideas.