

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: First Thursday Book Discussion: "How to Think About AI"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: In "How to Think About AI," author Richard Susskind draws on his experience of working on AI since the early 1980s. For Susskind, balancing the benefits and threats of artificial intelligence – saving humanity with and from AI – is the defining challenge of our age. He explores the history of AI and possible scenarios for its future. His views on AI are not always conventional. 

Adults and teens.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbia/first-thursday-book-discussion-how-to-think-about-ai/200029546270730
- **Event Categories**: contests, art, literary-art, artificial-intelligence
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbia
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Columbia Public Library
- **lat**: 38.95118
- **long**: -92.33964
- **full address**: Columbia Public Library, 100 W Broadway, Columbia, MO 65203-7300, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Daniel Boone Regional Library (https://allevents.in/org/daniel-boone-regional-library/25999627)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Columbia Public Library, 100 W Broadway, Columbia, MO 65203-7300, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Daniel Boone Regional Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, art, literary-art, artificial-intelligence
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about First Thursday Book Discussion: "How to Think About AI" ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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