Please note: This event ended on 20 June 2025
In this Lunchtime Talk, we will hear from Tim Kindberg who will examine AI critically in the light of nature and climate change.
Significant developments in the natural and the artificial are coinciding, in what many view as turning points for humanity. We face a crisis in, on the one hand, climate change and our impact on the species we share our planet with; and, on the other hand, the effects of AI on the environment, the arts, political discourse, and employment. Tim will ask the question: is nature fundamentally more capable than current AI approaches when it comes to distinguishing what is true from what is false?
About Tim
Tim Kindberg is a Pervasive Media Studio Resident, writer and digital creative. He is the creator of Sust, the digital platform for making more sustainable fashion choices. Future Song, his magic-realist novel set in near-future Bristol as it adapts to climate change, is forthcoming. He is also the author of the novel Vampires of Avonmouth, in which AI plays a pivotal role - second only to the occult. He is an honorary fellow at the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, and a Personal to the Planetary community fellow at the Brigstow and Cabot Institutes.