​When Intelligence Becomes Too Cheap

​The Futures Room · Session 03

​A draft, an analysis, a piece of code: you may already be able to produce work with AI in minutes that once took hours. Deciding what deserves your effort can become harder as those tools improve.

​This workshop explores a possibility: if useful cognitive (knowledge) work becomes much cheaper and more widely available, where might value move?

​We’ll examine a role or field you know, distinguish the tasks that could become easier from the outcomes that remain difficult, and investigate the importance of trust, judgment, access, and responsibility in that particular setting.

​You’ll leave with understanding exactly how quickly you can build something with AI that would take months without these tools. See the power of creating something with friends who hold specific roles rather than doing it alone. Outcomes over abstract ideas.

​Bring an example of work you do, commission, or hope to do. You can also use a prepared example. No economics or technical background is needed.

​Evening flow

• ​6:00 PM: Arrive and choose a role or field to explore.

• ​6:10 PM: A short introduction to tasks, outcomes, and bottlenecks.

• ​6:25 PM: Map how work gets done and who it serves.

• ​6:45 PM: Identify what could become cheaper and what may remain difficult.

• ​7:05 PM: Short break.

• ​7:10-8:25 PM: Group project - build something useful quickly with AI tools you couldn't do before

• ​8:25–8:30 PM: Closing reflections.

​Joining the series

​This session focuses on a role or industry and the value it creates. It uses a workflow and bottleneck analysis rather than the personal decision or identity exercises from the other workshops. You can join this evening without attending another session.

​About the facilitator

​Riley has hosted online and offline events for 10 years with software developers, engineers, artists, and community builders. Riley has also built official Marvel comics fandoms, worked as editor-in-chief of magazines and books, and most recently published a book on AI transition. She has worked in the IT field for 15 years, and recently spent a year in Da Lat hosting weekly meetups.

​Venue and hospitality

​📍Chidori Crepe - Đặng Hữu Phổ

​04 Dang Huu Pho, An Khanh Ward (Old District 2, Ho Chi Minh City

​Drinks and cookies included!!

​Price and payment

​350,000 VND per person.

​Pay online or via QR code

​Optional dinner afterward is separate from the ticket.

​Cancellations and transfers

​Refunds or credit for cancellation 2 days before or for emergencies.