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Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in Manhattan!

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🗓️ Date: August 13th, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: Upper West Side Manhatan (exact address provided in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “Existentialism & AI: A Philosophical Discussion”

🎤 Speaker: Lecturer, Alexandra Stamson

What is the value of being human in an age dominated by AI, capitalism, and the pursuit of online validation? This pressing question of fulfillment is an existential challenge that has echoed through the ages and deserves our attention today.

Join Alexandra Stamson as she examines how we, as individuals, may be missing the true essence of humanity. Starting with the foundations of existentialism, this lecture will delve into the philosophical concept of “understanding” and its significance. We will explore how our undervaluation of understanding—particularly in relation to generative AI and social media—affects our self-perception and our place in the world.

Alexandra Stamson is an Adjunct Professor and PhD Candidate at the University of Connecticut, with a rich academic background that includes an MA in Philosophy, an MA in Gender Studies, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Media and Communication. Her research focuses on social epistemology, feminist and queer theory, and political philosophy.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the intersections of existence, technology, and understanding!

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Lectures on Tap - "Existentialism & AI: A Philosophical Discussion"