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The Curiosity Lecture Series

6 April – 28 May 2023
12.36pm – 12.36pm AEST
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Hear from UNSW’s recently published authors on their new books!

Explore below the events within The Curiosity Lecture Series featuring UNSW speakers as they dive into the most pressing questions about AI, the truth about the unconscious mind, new frontiers of biosecurity and more.

Past Events

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25 May Past event
Toby Walsh on the Artificial in Artificial Intelligence
Sydney Writers' Festival | World-leading AI expert and Machines Behaving Badly author Toby Walsh delivers a Curiosity Lecture on the ethical considerations and unexpected consequences that new technologies pose in ...
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25 May Past event
Brigitta Olubas on the Life and Work of Shirley Hazzard
Sydney Writers' Festival | Author and English Professor Brigitta Olubas shares insight into Shirley Hazzard, her illuminating biography of one of Australia’s greatest ever novelists.
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26 May Past event
Raina MacIntyre on Past, Present and Future Pandemics
Sydney Writers' Festival | World-leading epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre examines pandemics through the lens of history and how we can navigate the new frontiers of biosecurity.
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28 May Past event
Ben Newell on the Truth About Our Unconscious Minds
Sydney Writers' Festival | Professor of Psychology and author Ben Newell shares insights from his book Open Minded: Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind, upending commonly held notions about ...

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