This is the text of a seminar given at the Goldsmiths Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought on June 11th 2025 I would like to thank the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought for inviting me to give this seminar. This talk is titled 'The role of the University is to resist AI', and takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. AI's impact on higher education come primarily from historical forces, not from its claim to be sci-fi tech from the future. Society can't throw up i...