Jamie Bartlett: How to Talk to AI

Jamie Bartlett: How to Talk to AI (And How Not To) - Thursday 15th October 2026 at 7.30pm
In association with The Yellow Lighted Bookshop TetburyAlmost overnight, AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, are transforming society, politics and business. Every day, hundreds of millions of people use chatbots to organise their finances, plan their holidays, seek therapy or find love. But as some people use it to turbo-charge their productivity, others are falling into dangerous conspiracies, delusions and psychosis.Award-winning writer Jamie Bartlett takes you inside the machine: showing how it works and how we can make the most of our powerful new companions, even as they are changing the way we live, feel, and think.Written in his accessible style, How to Talk to AI is the essential and empowering guide to harnessing the potential of one of the biggest and fastest technological changes in history.A BBC Book You Need to Read in 2026The talk will be followed by a Q&A led by Dr. Mehdi Biroun of the Dyson Institute, as well as an opportunity to pose your own questions. Mehdi joined the Dyson Institute in August 2022, before which he was a research fellow at University College London, working on Systems-Based Methods for Innovation, and has been recognised as a Global Talent by the Royal Academy of Engineering.Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the nightAdvance Tickets: Adult 12.00 Student/Under 18 years 10.00 . On the door on the night they will cost 14.00 and 12 respectively