AI Philosophy Nights: Indifferent Intelligence

Join us for the next edition of our monthly AI Philosophy Nights where we attempt communal sense-making. Each month, we bring together philosophers, historians, technologists, and social scientists for a high-level fireside chat, followed by small-group salon style discussions. This session: Giving a Damn in the Age of Indifferent Intelligence The problem with artificial intelligence, as our guest puts it, is that computers don't give a damn. Machines can now write, converse, and optimize but they cannot care. And as AI systems take over more of our work and cater ever more precisely to our preferences, the deeper risk is the slow erosion of our capacity to care, to commit, and to find things worth wanting in the first place. In this session, our founder Banu Kellne r sits down with B. Scot Rousse to explore what care actually is, why it may be the missing foundation of the AI alignment problem, and how we might design technologies to recover our ability to give a damn. 6:30-7:00pm Doors Open. Drinks & light bites will be served. Doors will be closed at 7pm. 7:00-8:00pm Fireside…