AI Tools, Not Gods | Shake Off the AI Hype
Tue, 29 Sept
|Bank Degroof Petercam
The Nine


Time & Location
29 Sept 2026, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Bank Degroof Petercam, Van Putlei 33, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
About the event
Overview
We are not governing technology; we are governing a fantasy.
This event is organized in partnership with Degroof Petercam Bank.
From the "gold rush" of investors to the "doomsday" warnings of tech prophets, our understanding of Artificial Intelligence has been hijacked by science fiction. We treat algorithms like magic, swing wildly between panic and FOMO, and defer to unelected tech CEOs as if they were saving the world. The result? "Policy Hallucinations": laws that chase shadows while the real problems like bias, labor rights, and corporate accountability go unaddressed.
Join Caroline De Cock to discover her book, AI Tools, Not Gods. In this insightful and empowering session, Caroline will dismantle the four powerful myths: Magic, Madness, Heaven, and Sin that distort our reality. She offers a sober, evidence-based blueprint to move us from an "Age of Enchantment" to a mature framework of accountability.
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