

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Truth in the Age of Algorithms
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: How AI Changes What We BelieveAbout this EventIn this talk, Dr Jennifer Cearns explores predictive AI as something surprisingly familiar: a modern form of divination.Like older techniques for reading the future, today’s algorithms promise to help us navigate risk, uncertainty, and the desire to know what comes next. Dr Jennifer Cearns considers the cultural ideas built into AI, especially our long, messy history of defining “intelligence”, and how these assumptions shape what we treat as knowledge or truth.Drawing on ethnographic research in the US and the UK, Dr Jennifer Cearns asks what kinds of truths AI seems to produce, and how these connect to much older ways of knowing that have shaped Western culture since the Enlightenment.By viewing AI not just as a technical tool but as a cultural product, Dr Jennifer Cearns shows how predictive systems both challenge and reinforce existing assumptions about knowledge, revealing how our ideas of truth are becoming increasingly networked, iterative, optimised, and future oriented.Who Should AttendAnyone curious about how AI shapes decisions and our ideas of truth.Practical InformationThe talk includes a Q&amp;A session.Booking is essential. Lit&amp;Phil members: we recommend logging into the website to make booking your free member ticket quicker and easier.Accessibility InformationThe venue is wheelchair accessible with an accessible toilet on the ground floor. Please contact us regarding any specific accessibility requirements you may have by emailing events@manlitphil.ac.uk
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 7.21, max: 16.96, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Manchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Cross Street Chapel
- **lat**: 53.4812812
- **long**: -2.2447331
- **full address**: Cross Street Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (https://allevents.in/org/the-manchester-literary-and-philosophical-society/18503368)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Cross Street Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 7.21 up to 16.96 GBP
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Truth in the Age of Algorithms ?
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