AI professor Toby Walsh to launch new book 'God AI' in Sydney on Sept 10
TobyWalsh · x · 2026-09-04
UNSW professor and UNSW.ai chief scientist Toby Walsh launches his new book 'God AI: boom or doom?' on Sept 10 at Rose Read Bookshop, Sydney, exploring existential risks of AI. He'll be in conversation with Gradient Institute co-founder Bill, formerly on the federal AI expert group. Walsh authored five prior AI books including 'Machines Behaving Badly'.
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