AI Philosophy Nights: The Post-Productive Human
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Our last session had 450 people on the waitlist. Seats are limited and in high demand — please register only if you are committed to attending.
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Join us for the next edition of our monthly AI Philosophy Nights where we attempt communal sense-making.
Each month, we will bring together philosophers, historians, technologists, and social scientists for a high-level fireside chat, followed by small-group salon style discussions.
This Session: The Post-Productive Human
In this session, our founder Banu Kellner sits down with Tony Kashani, a philosopher of technology and cultural critic, to discuss the transformation of value creation and it's implications on power, agency and meaning.
The historical deal of capitalism that labor entitles us to a share of power and survival is dissolving. As AI decouples wealth from human effort, the traditional leverage of the citizen vanishes. We will interrogate the vacuum left behind and what it means for being human.
6:30-7:00pm Doors Open. Drinks & delicious bites will be served. Doors will be closed at 7pm.
7:00-8:00pm Fireside Chat. Banu &Tony will examine the post-productive human through the lens of critical theory
8:00-9:00pm Small Group Discussions. Break into small-group conversations to grapple with these questions together.
9:00-9:30pm Whole Group Conversation. We will come back together to share insights and further questions.
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Tony Kashani is an author, educator, philosopher of technology, and cultural critic. He is the author of six books on new media, cinema, and AI including most recently "Meditations on Resistance: An Inquiry into AI, Critical Media Literacy, and Social Justice." His work focuses on how humans can maintain agency and critical consciousness in an increasingly automated world.
Banu Kellner is an executive coach to AI Founders building frontier technologies. She is the author of the Superhumanist Manifesto and the founder of the SuperHuman Society, an organization focused on championing a future where technology expands human dignity, capability, and connection.
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