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Ghost in the Machine: The Battle for the Human Mind

Thursday 26 November 2026·1:00pm·The University of Manchester
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Thursday 26 November 2026

1:00pm

Location

The University of Manchester

Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

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Free

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Digital Futures

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The November instalment of Meat the Machine, the University of Manchester's nine-part monthly seminar series on the hidden history of cybernetics and what it implies for our socio-technical futures. Dr Colin Williams - principal cyber security and resilience specialist at CDS Defence and Security, and a historian of cybernetics and its intersections with computing, AI and transhumanism - takes on the battle for the human mind. Free, in person at the University of Manchester, and open to anyone interested in where today's AI debates actually come from.

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Dr Colin Williams

Principal Cyber Security and Resilience Specialist, CDS Defence and Security

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