# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 07:45 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: AI meets psychology to ask what is intelligence; and how human brains and AI differ in terms of sensing, memory and a sense of self.About this EventSpeakerTony PrescottSynopsisThis talk will explore the relationship between Psychology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) encompassing aspects of human psychology, neuroscience, and contemporary foundation models and agentic AI.I will address questions such as:What is intelligence?Is the brain some kind of biological computer?Does AI understand anything?Are we on the threshold of AI superintelligence?The talk will be illustrated with work from my own lab and others on sensing, memory, and sense of self for animal-like and humanoid robots.About the speakerTony Prescott (him/his) is a Professor of Robotics at the University of Sheffield. He holds an MA in Psychology (Edinburgh), an MSc in Applied Artificial Intelligence (Aberdeen), a PhD in Machine Learning (Sheffield) and is a fellow of the British Psychological Society.Tony has published over 250 refereed articles and journal papers at the intersection of AI and psychology and has received over £10M in funding from UK and European research agencies. He is the author of the book The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (Routledge, 2024) and lead editor of Living Machines: A Handbook of Research in Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (OUP, 2018).His research has been covered by the major news and scientific media including the BBC, CNN, Discovery Channel, The Guardian and New Scientist. Tony regularly writes and speaks on societal and ethical issues in psychology and artificial intelligence. For more information see his blog page or follow @tonyjprescott on BlueSky.Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.This meeting is conducted in accordance with the BCS Code of Conduct for Meetings.BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. .Please note, if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via groups@bcs.uk and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.BCS privacy notice: your data will be processed by BCS in accordance with our data privacy notice.Photography: by attending this event, you may be photographed or filmed. Please speak to a member of staff if you do not wish to be included.For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.This event is brought to you by: Edinburgh BranchAgenda🕑: 06:00 PMArrive, refreshments and networking🕑: 06:30 PMStart of talk🕑: 07:30 PMQuestions and answers🕑: 07:45 PMClose - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/the-psychology-of-artificial-intelligence/100001997453079932 - **Event Categories**: artificial-intelligence, meetups, art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes - Location: Skyscanner Limited - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Edinburgh - **state**: SC - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Skyscanner Limited - **lat**: 55.9446731 - **long**: -3.1944672 - **full address**: Skyscanner Limited, Quartermile One, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7c17e8e7d0d9fad23cf4949fa21c8fcd83289bee8c1c8160c2b129de7920e2d4-rimg-w1200-h600-dc086848-gmir.jpg?v=1787260865 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence being held? - **A:** The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence takes place on Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 07:45 pm at Skyscanner Limited, Quartermile One, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence? - **A:** The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence is organized by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT's events? - **A:** Attendees have given BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT a rating of 4/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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