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Thursday, 4 May
What: Meet the Author - Tracey Spicer
Where: Cultural Centre, Australian National University (ANU)
When: 6pm
Tickets and more info here.
Sunday, 28 May
Sydney Writers' Festival
What: 'Who's Afraid of AI?' | Tracey Spicer, Toby Walsh, Eric Jensen
Where: Carriageworks, Bay 20
When: 4:30pm
Tickets and more info here.
Wednesday, 31 May
Words on the Waves Festival
What: Festival Opening Address
Where: The Art House | 19-21 Margaret St, Wyong
When: 7pm
Tickets and more info here.
Tuesday, 13 June
What: Author event | Roaring Stories
Where: Royal Oak Pub, Balmain
When: 6:30pm
Tickets and more info here.
Thursday, 15 June
What: Author event | Bookoccino
Where: Surf Club 558A Barrenjoey Rd, Avalon Beach
When: 6:30pm
Tickets and more info here
Monday, 19 June
What: Author event | Readings
Where: Readings Carlton | 309 Lygon St, Carlton
When: 6:30pm
Tickets and more info here
Wednesday, 21 June
What: Tracey Spicer In-Conversation with Jane Caro
Where: The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre - UniSA | 55 North Terrace, Adelaide
When: 6:30pm
Tickets and more info here
Thursday, 13 July
What: Author event
Where: Avid Reader | 193 Boundary St, West End Brisbane
When: 6:30pm
Tickets and more info here
Saturday, 22 July
Southern Highlands Writers' Festival
What: Tracey Spicer AO in Conversation
Where: Empire Cinema Bowral
When: 12:00 - 1.00pm
Tickets and more info here
Tuesday, 25 July
Salon After d'Arc
What: Inherent Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Where: The Ian Potter Queen's Hall Malbourne
When: 6.30 pm
Tickets and more info here
Friday, 11 August
Byron Writers Festival
What: 'Living Disgracefully' | Tracey Spicer, Jacinta Parsons, Susan Johnson
Where: Mind Spa, Moller Pavillion, Bangalow Showgrounds | Market St, Bangalow
When: 12pm
Saturday, 12 August
Byron Writers Festival
What: 'Ethics of AI' | Tracey Spicer, Suneel Jethani, Grace Chan, Julianne Schultz
Where: Ideas Salon, Bangalow Showgrounds | Market St, Bangalow
When: 12pm
More info coming soon.
What: 'The Feminist Trajectory' | Tracey Spicer, Kristine Ziwica, Madison Godfrey, Michelle Arrow
Where: Imaginarium, A&I Hall | 3 Station ST, Bangalow
When: 3pm
Sunday, 13 August
Byron Writers Festival
What: 'Man-Made AI' | Tracey Spicer and Paul Barclay
Where: Deep Dives, Bangalow Showgrounds | Market St, Bangalow
When: 11am
Wednesday, 16 August
What: Literary Lunch with Tracey Spicer
Where: Pilu at Freshwater Restaurant | Moore Rd, Freshwater
When: 12:30pm
Tickets and more info here.
Wednesday, 8 November
What: Tracey Spicer in conversation with Nadia Mitsopoulos
Where: City of Perth Library 573 Hay Street, Perth
When: 6.30 pm
Tickets and more info here
Wednesday, 15 November
What: Tracey Spicer author Talk
Where: Sutherland Library, 30-36 Belmont Street Sutherland
When: 6.30 pm
Tickets and more info here
Man-Made
How the bias of the past is being built into the future
Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer exposes the next frontier of feminism through the lens of artificial intelligence. Man-Made aims to open readers’ eyes to a transformative technological shift in society and give them the tools to make positive change.
Winner, 2023 Australian Business Book Awards, Social Responsibility
Longlisted for the 2023 Walkley Book Award
'Mum, I want a robot slave.'
Broadcaster Tracey Spicer had an epiphany when her young son uttered these six words. Suddenly, her life’s work fighting inequality seemed futile. What’s the point in agitating to change the present, if bigotry is being embedded into our futures?
And so began a quest to uncover who was responsible and hold them to account. Who is the ultimate villain? Big Tech, whose titans refuse to spend money to fix the problem? The world’s politicians, who lack the will to legislate? Or should we all be walking into a hall of mirrors and taking a good, hard look at ourselves…?
This is a deeply researched, illuminating and gripping ride into an uncertain AI-fuelled future, culminating in a resounding call to action that will shake the tech sector to its foundations.
Praise for Man-Made
‘Exhilarating … The book we need as we grapple with how AI will change our lives and our world.’ Dame Quentin Bryce
‘Brilliant, hilarious and terrifying. You’ll never see Alexa the same way again.’ Juanita Phillips
‘Tracey Spicer uses her unmistakably human voice to warn us all about the deeply sexist Frankenstein’s Monster that is modern AI.’ Yumi Stynes
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