AI Salon: Beyond human-centred AI [London]

​Moving away from human-centred AI - what can we unravel in a world where humans, machines and other beings bring their unique features towards a flourishing society?

​Just us for an intimate AI Salon gathering in East London to explore the opportunities and challenges posed by asking

​What kinds of intelligence might unfold when we move away from current anthropocentric design systems?

​How might humans interact with them and bring forth new emerging intelligence?

​Why the need to move beyond current methods in AI design, alignment and governance?

​Whilst we want to ensure current AI systems are safe, ethical and trustworthy, with appropriate guardrails in place, we miss the opportunity to reflect on what makes us truly human and where machines can fill in the gaps and bring forth new types of intelligence, such as emerging intelligence at the junction between humans, machines and other sentient beings.

​Some of the questions we will address and reflect on:

• ​Where have current AI alignment methods failed us and what opportunities can we unravel if we go beyond human-aligned evaluation methods?

• ​How can we use AI systems to reflect on human ethics and in effect, use these as human simulations?

• ​What kind of novel AI architectures and models could we unfold if we look at non-human intelligence, and can we build an ecosystem whereby the sum of the parts is larger than the whole? Are there neglected biological intelligent behaviours that we can learn from?

• ​What makes us uniquely human and where can we augment machines to fill in the gaps to enable a thriving ecosystem where all sentient beings, natural or artificial, can bring forth their uniqueness and unleash their full potential?

​We invite thinkers, researchers, designers, ethicists, creatives and anyone with an interest in how we shape AI systems to join the discussion. 

​Please see below some papers and resources to give you a flavour of the topics we will discuss:

• ​Moving Away From Anthropocentrism | PhiAI

• ​After Alignment | Antikythera 

• ​Diverse Intelligences | Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. 

• ​What is Intelligence? | Antikythera

​This is an in-person event. To facilitate smooth and cohesive conversations, please arrive between 6-6:30pm for a prompt discussion start at 6:30pm.

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​​​​The Ai Salon is a global community founded in San Francisco focused on intimate, small-sized group discussions on the sociological, economic, cultural, and philosophical impacts and meaning of AI developments. We host small group discussions, all of which you can find on our calendar. You can find summaries of our previous conversations on our substack.

​This event is done in collaboration with PhiAI, an online magazine at the intersection of technology and the humanities, run as a writer’s collective.

​​Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. We base acceptances based on levels of interest and passion demonstrated in registration question answers. If you are not accepted to this event, please try and come to another!