The pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity

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The pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity 〰️

In conversation:

LOVE vs. AI:
Why be lonely?

Author Victoria Hetherington, The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship
and
Professor of Psychology Michael Inzlicht, University of Toronto,
moderated by Ronit Novak

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Montauk Bar, Toronto
6-9 pm

reserve your spot

The Panel

Ronit Novak

Moderator and Founder, The Grain Foundation

Dr. Michael Inzlicht

Victoria Hetherington

Author, The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship. Sutherland House Books
Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto and Rotman School of Management

Could you love a machine?

Join The Grain for an evening of drinks and provocative conversation with author of The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship Victoria Hetherington and Professor of Psychology Michael Inzlicht, moderated by Ronit Novak.

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at Montauk Bar in Toronto.

Event is PWYC with proceeds to CAMH and The Grain Foundation.