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Why our young adults are getting a raw deal | The Peer Revue Improv Comedy

Theory Bar Ground Floor/19-23 Meyers Pl, Melbourne

Smart meets silly in The Peer Revue, where cutting-edge research fuels improv comedy. Each show features a different superstar researcher who tells stories from their research, which inspire a cast of talented improvisers to create brand new, unscripted comedy. The Peer Revue is a hilarious celebration of social sciences and all things academic. You’ll laugh, and you also might learn. Why our young adults are getting a raw deal | The Peer Revue Improv Comedy If you listen to the media, young people should just pull their socks up and cut back on the avocado toast and oat milk lattes. Then they'll be able to afford the three-bedroom suburban dream, just like their parents’ generation. Is any of this true, or have the ‘Millennials’ and ‘Gen Z’ been sold a lie? Find out with our guest Professor Dan Woodman. Dan is a sociologist of young adulthood and generations at the University of Melbourne, President of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and an Editor in Chief of the Journal of Youth Studies. This special Peer Revue show is part of Social Sciences Week and presented in conjunction with the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

$24

Sci-Fight Comedy Debate: Should we fear Ai?

University of Wollongong Science Space UOW Science Space, Innovation Campus, Puckey Avenue, Wollongong

Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate brings together comedians and scientists to debate serious issues in a ridiculous way. UOW Science Space Theatre Doors open: 6.30 pm Run time 7:00 pm till 8:30ish Tickets $20 Paid bar service available Proceedings are loosely held together by your definitely qualified host, Alanta Colley. Sci Fight has been described as a nerdy, silly, and only occasionally litigious romp into what it even means to be alive. This round, we debate: should we fear AI? Just this year, AI chatbots have given people instructions on how to build a bomb, told users that they loved them, and instructed one user to leave their spouse and a child to stick nails into a live power socket. Before now you had to go to 4chan for that quality of abuse. Has Silicon Valley simply built a better troll? Programmers are running behind ChatGPT and other AI trying to fix the problems as they arise and yet for every bit of fool proofing they achieve, humanity builds a better fool. Our one saving grace right now? It’s bad at Wordle. But this will surely not be the case for long. Or is AI over hyped? Is our distrust […]

$20.00

Artificial Intelligence and Society 5.0 | The Peer Revue Improv Comedy

The Improv Conspiracy Theatre 1/19 Meyers Pl, Melbourne

Due to unforeseeable circumstances Academy Fellow Jenny Hocking is unable to appear on Friday night with Peer Revue as planned. But don’t worry, we still have a great night in store this Friday and plans to revisit the Palace Letters with Jenny Hocking at another date. A big welcome to academic superstar, Academy Fellow and RMIT Professor Lisa Given! Lisa will appear with Peer Revue to tell stories and inspire improv comedy from her work on AI and future society. Hang on to your tickets, hold your sides and get ready for a Friday night of fun with Lisa Given and Peer Revue. Artificial Intelligence and Society 5.0 | The Peer Revue Improv Comedy With the rise of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools, society is changing rapidly. How are we to navigate a world of misinformation, data breaches and mass surveillance? With the help of our guest Professor Lisa Given of course! Lisa is an expert in global information science and ethics at RMIT. She’s Co-initator and lead of the Society 5.0 Ethics project. Society 5.0 is “a broad label for the near-future, inseparable interconnection between humans and technologies in the era of artificial intelligence and machine learning. It […]

$24