is three things: a description of current AI, a prediction about the foreseeable future of AI, and a prescription about how we should treat it.
What to Expect
The 2026 Massey Critical Conversations series will conclude with a culminating event featuring Sayash Kapoor, who is among TIME’s inaugural list of the most influential people in AI.
Saysha Kapoor has been chosen to share their counter point perspective of the influence of AI meant to round out the overall conversation.
This speaker connects to learning goals of being both curious and critical of developments in AI.
About The Discussion
Is AI a revolutionary force that will change everything overnight—or an existential threat we can’t control? This talk cuts through the hype to argue that AI is best understood as a normal technology: powerful, imperfect, and shaped by how people choose to build and use it. Sayash Kapoor explains what this perspective means for AI’s real-world impacts, risks, and governance.
Sayash Kapoor will speak to an audience about the themes and throughlines of their article in relation to the learning goals and developments of AI. This presentation will start with an overarching lecture of the topic and then open to a live Q&A with the audience, totaling 75 Minutes.