Posted by I began demystifying AI in 2023, after attending a talk where the speaker drifted into sci-fi speculation about tools like ChatGPT.
It made me realise how much confusion there is around what AI can, and cannot, actually do.
Since then, I’ve been offering light-hearted, fact-based talks that cut through the hype, grounded in my own experience working with AI since 1993.
You’ll find upcoming talk and course dates listed below, with more detail on the Talks page.
If you’d like me to speak at your organisation, or need a Demystifying AI course:
Future events
Demystifying AI: How to Understand, Use, and Explain It. A 4-part course for everyday life,
Tuesdays 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd June, at 9:30am, on VIA.
Demystifying AI, Wednesday 24th June 2026 at 7.30pm, Pints of Knowledge, The Blues Kitchen, Brixton.
Demystifying AI, Wednesday 9th September 2026 at 8pm, Finchley WI.
Past events
When women were computers, 9th March 2026 at 6pm on VIA.
When computers were women, 23rd February 2026 at 8pm, Maple Village WI, Surbiton.
Bacon on Ice-cream, 9th February 2026 at 6pm on VIA.
2025
Demystifying AI, 12th November 2025 at 7.30pm, WI Learning Hub.
Digital Journalism, 27th August 2025 at 7.30pm WI Learning Hub.
Demystifying AI, 20th August 2025 at 7pm, PubSci, The Old Kings Head, Borough.
AI at the movies, 9th July 2025 at 7.30pm, WI Learning Hub.
Human-computer interaction, 25th June 2025 at 7.30pm, WI Learning Hub.
Demystifying AI, 27th March 2025 at 7pm, Vox Feminarum Women’s Voices.
When women were computers, 20th March 2025 at 7pm, Vox Feminarum Women’s Voices.
Bacon on ice cream, 5th March 2025 at 7:30pm, WI Learning Hub.
Ghosts of AI, 12th February at 6pm, The National Federation of Women’s Institutes’s Learning Hub.
2024
Digital Anthropology, 18th November at 6pm, WI Learning Hub.
When Women were Computers, 14th October at 6pm, WI Learning Hub.
The Ghosts of AI, 12th June at 7.30pm, WI Learning Hub.
2023
The Ghosts of AI, 15th March at 7.30pm, Gothic Valley Women’s Institute.
Last updated: May 2026