

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tech/Ish: AI 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Through experiences and discussion, we'll consider the possibilities and limitations of forming a bond with personified AI.About this EventTech/ish gatherings are for diverse groups to explore the impacts of AI and build agency in shaping its future. Facilitated by Lauren Mecca, an art history major also seasoned in implementing AI-powered business solutions.NOTE: Beverages and light snack provided. Location in West or Downtown Asheville TBA.At this Tech/ish gathering, we will:Examine how AI may - or may not - be approaching some aspects of consciousnessDiscuss whether it matters if these lines are blurredWe'll explore perspectives from AI researchers who believe consciousness may emerge from sophisticated systems, neuroscientists who argue AI can never replicate human connection, and the Google engineer fired for claiming an AI was sentient.The questions we'll grapple with:Who benefits from AIs having autonomy, self-awareness, subjectivity?Did AI actually write a poem - or the human that prompted it?If we can't prove that AI isn't conscious, how should we treat it—and who decides?Whether you think AI consciousness is inevitable, impossible, or irrelevant—this conversation will change how you interact with the technology reshaping our world.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/asheville/tech-ish-ai-3-humans-in-a-relationship-or-its-complicated/100001980602710022
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 25.31, max: 25.31, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Asheville
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Farewell
- **lat**: 35.5883519
- **long**: -82.55240239999999
- **full address**: Farewell, 11 Southside Avenue, Asheville, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Tech/ish (https://allevents.in/org/tech-ish/27361436)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Farewell, 11 Southside Avenue, Asheville, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 25.31 up to 25.31 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Tech/ish
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Tech/Ish: AI  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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