SPOKEN WORD

The Provocateurs: When Silence Listens / Your Robot Bestie

The Provocateurs

Venue

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4

Dates

10 Aug

Time

5:35pm · 60min

Price

£12

Can hearing someone you know change brain recovery? Roseminu Varghese (Edinburgh Napier University) reveals how familiar voices influence consciousness in comatose patients and why human connection may be a powerful clinical tool. Franziska Heck (Edinburgh Napier University) takes a critical look at robot companionship through media narratives, emerging AI products and ongoing research. As engagement is engineered and companionship comes at a price, she questions what we are building and who benefits from it.