Join us on October 21 for the Public Lecture “The AI Race: Boom or Doom?” by Toby Walsh! The lecture is part of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) Digital Humanism Fellowship Lecture.

• When? Thursday, March 26, 2026, 18:00-20:00 CEST
• Where? TU Wien, EI 10 Fritz Paschke Lecture Hall, Gußhausstraße 27-29, 1040 Vienna

We look forward to seeing you there!

About Toby Walsh

Toby Walsh is Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and CSIRO’s Data61. He is the winner of the prestigious Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science and was named on the international “Who’s Who in AI” list of influencers. He appears regularly on TV and radio, has been profiled by the New York Times, and has authored five books on AI for a general audience, the most recent ones entitled “The Shortest History of AI” (2025) and “Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World“. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and was named by the newspaper The Australian as one of the “rock stars” of Australia’s digital revolution. He has won both the Humboldt Prize and the NSW Premier’s Prize for Excellence in Engineering and ICT. His Twitter account was voted in the top ten to follow to keep abreast of developments in AI.

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