Against the Inevitable: Finding agency in the age of AI

​We can do something about it, actually!

​Frontier AI companies are relying on the “inevitability narrative” to push every sector to adopt their tech—use their products, or get left behind. Yet many of us are concerned about Big Tech’s increasingly pervasive influence on democracy, the economy, the environment, and the social fabric. How do we realistically counter the narrative and take back our power?

​Join Anew and representatives from Outside, an impact-driven design & tech studio, will walk through the thinking behind their anti-Big Tech AI policy, unpack the myth of technosolutionism, and propose some ways companies can help counter the inevitable.

​Vincent Sanchez-Gomez is the New York-based co-founder of Outside, an impact-driven design and technology studio based in Nepal that serves a global clientele. Through his work and writing, Vincent explores ways that for-profit businesses can take new approaches to impact, contribute to regenerative economies, and operate based on values-driven business models.

​Elizabeth Lepro is the Head of Editorial at Outside. Drawing on her background in journalism and nonprofit communications, she helps purpose-driven organizations clarify their messaging, communicate their missions, and garner support. She co-writes and edits Vincent's Substack essays on impact and wrote Outside's AI Policy.

​Anew is a gathering space and discovery center for the social impact community.