“Agnieszka’s work is critical in this AI moment. Her voice is an important call to action for all AI governance professionals.”
J. Trevor Hughes, President & CEO, IAPP
Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska is an expert in the psychology of artificial intelligence and human-AI relationships. She holds a PhD in Psychoanalysis and Technology from the University of London and is a Visiting Academic in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge.
An international keynote and two-time TEDx speaker, award-winning filmmaker and author of AI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2026), she pioneered the concept of techno-transference, exploring the unconscious dynamics of our relationships with AI.
In 2026, she delivered the closing keynote at IAPP AI Governance Global Europe in Dublin and appeared at HowTheLightGetsIn London, Ilkley Literature Festival, Oxford Science and Ideas Festival and the Institute of Psychoanalysis. She also writes for Times Higher Education.
Recent Activities
- Guest on Guardians of Data podcast – Link: Analysing Human Relationships with AI Chatbots
- Closing keynote, IAPP AI Governance Global Europe, Dublin (June 2026)
- TEDx Bradford (June 2026)
- AI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2026)
- Friend of a Friend – AI-generated short film (2026)
- Featured across BBC, Sky News, Times Radio and BBC Science Focus on AI and human relationships
She is also a multi-award-winning filmmaker, best known for the documentary Married to the Eiffel Tower, and her current film Friend of a Friend reimagines AI not as threat but as a story of love and mourning. She co-hosts the podcast Relational AI Diaries, publishes a Substack on these themes, founded Relational AI Consulting, and supervises doctoral researchers internationally.
