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If you think AI is an existential risk, how should you talk to the Catholic Church?
Our Education Director, with support from our advisor, ML engineer @wxswxs, and AI for science entrepreneur, former priest, and author in our upcoming Anthology Jonah Lynch offer some guidance:
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Monday @Pontifex will release his first encyclical "Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence." In response to a request from a global ethical tech leader attending meetings on AI at the Vatican this week, for advice on positioning existential risk from AI, my colleagues and I wrote this brief: thedivinityschool.endemic.org/record/dispatc…
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Ateklo CIO @kevincompher has backed neurotech, AI, infrastructure, and space cos to support federal agencies and the U.S. Intelligence Community for decades. He's speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence & Machine Agency May 12 in Cambridge, MA.
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How do we make sure machine agency works for humans and nature, not against them? That's the question at the center of the Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency workshop on May 12 in Cambridge, MA.
Researchers from AI, biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and policy will work together to identify new R&D directions. Several @foresightinst-affiliated researchers will be participating, including Fellows Elena Sergeeva (longevity and neural-silicon hybrid computing) and Kevin Compher (neurotech, national security, and advanced computing), and Fellowship Mentor Glen Weyl (coauthor of Plurality).
Use code FORESIGHT for a discount. Student tickets and speaking opportunities available, and VIP tickets include a private dinner with speakers.
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.@evijit, leader @evaluatingevals and Technical AI Policy @huggingface will be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Come meet Avijit and join the conversation.
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.@b_cavello, Director of Emerging Tech at @AspenDigital and steward of @publicainetwork will join us in conversation at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Come meet B and join the conversation.
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.@glenweyl, leader of Technology for Religious Empowerment at @MSFTResearch and coauthor of @PluralityBook with @audreyt will be speaking May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Glen will talk about the role AI should play in rebuilding institutions. Join us there.
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.@oscar_petrov is presenting work on AI agent simulations for planning and action at Innovations in Biological Intelligence & Machine Agency. May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Join us!
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Come meet @ADForrester, Cofounder and Chief Impact Officer of Rising Tide Capital and Board Chair of The Schumacher Center for a New Economics, May 12 in Cambridge, MA. We're excited to have him join our panel on Innovations in Institutional Finance.
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Addy Cha, founder of @ekkolapto, is presenting work on repurposing Pavlovian conditioning to train human biology to “memorize” the effects of drugs at Innovations in Biological Intelligence & Machine Agency. May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Join us!
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X-Risk researcher and philosopher @ForrestLandry19 argues it is impossible to align AGI with human or ecological interests. He'll be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Join us there.
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.@stuartbuck1 is ED of the Good Science Project. He's launched orgs, advised government, and published paradigmatic research to make science better. He'll be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA.
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.@jcoopern was @BrownUniversity's Chaplain for 35 years and serves on the Dean's Leadership Forum at Harvard Divinity School. She'll be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA.
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.@wyssinstitute neuroscientist Elena Sergeeva explores biological, artificial, and hybrid intelligence to rethink computation and overcome aging. She'll be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA.
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.@rtk254 is building open social knowledge networks for researchers. He's a @RenPhilanthropy BiTS Fellow and @AsteraInstitute Open Science Fellow, and will be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA
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Tom Kehler was CEO of the first AI/Expert Systems company to go public. Now he's Chief Scientist of collective intelligence company @CrowdSmartAI. He'll be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA.
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.@michaeldila is the Director of the Policy Futures Lab at @americans4ri, a former Director at U.S. DoD, and a historian of science. He'll be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Join us there.
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Tom Murray is an expert on human maturity and wisdom. Now he's applying those frameworks to AI. He'll be speaking at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Join us there.
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