Philosophical Soirée - A Word: Friendship with an AI

Name: Philosophical Soirée - A Word: Friendship with an AI
Start: 2026-09-27T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-27T16:30:00+02:00
Location: OKH

Sunday 27 September · 16:30OKH · oberoesterreich

What's it about?

Philosophical Soirée - A Word: Friendship with an AI 27.09.26 Admission: 4:30 PM Start: 5:00 PM End: 7:00 PM It listens. It is always available. It does not judge. It forgets nothing. And sometimes it seems to understand us better than many people. More and more people are talking to Artificial Intelligence not only about work or everyday life, but about worries, hopes, and personal questions. Some experience it as a confidant. Others consider the idea of friendship with an AI to be impossible. But what actually constitutes friendship? Does friendship require reciprocity? Feelings? A body? Freedom? Or is the experience of being understood enough? This evening, we do not want to discuss whether Artificial Intelligence is good or bad. Together we will explore a more fundamental question: What makes a friend and what does the encounter with an AI reveal about us humans? The Philosophical Soiree invites you to pause, reflect, and discuss. Look forward to an evening full of surprising thoughts, lively conversations, and new perspectives – without ready answers, but with many good questions. Three people. Three perspectives. One question. Danièle Hollick is a philosophical practitioner, university lecturer, and initiator of the Philosophical Matinees and Soirees at OKH. She deals with the questions that arise when life is no longer taken for granted: when certainties crumble, relationships change, or convictions waver. What remains when everything falls apart? This question forms the starting point of her philosophical work. More about her work: https://www.danielehollick.at Josef Hermann is a philosophical practitioner and philosopher of the body. He focuses on humans as embodied beings and asks how thinking, feeling, and experiencing are inextricably linked. More about his work: https://www.meinphilosoph.de Michael Volpert is a philosophical practitioner and expert in digital sovereignty. He deals with the opportunities and challenges of Artificial Intelligence and the question of how we can preserve our self-determination in the digital age. Together, the three philosophical practitioners invite you to an open philosophical discussion about one of the most exciting questions of our time. Because perhaps the question of friendship with an AI ultimately reveals less about the machine than about ourselves. It's about a shared philosophizing, with space for questions, contradiction, new thoughts, and surprising insights. Those who wish to participate are just as welcome as those who simply want to listen and reflect. Box office: €10 Presale: €10 This event takes place with seating. Tickets available at: Kupf Ticket Presale runs until 27.09.26, 4:00 PM Location: Ground Floor Bar Organizer: Potpourrigruppe