Covenant: Black Faith, AI and the Future
Presented by AfroTech and LIVEFREE USA
AI is moving faster than our conscience.
The rules for how artificial intelligence treats us are being written right now, mostly in rooms we were never invited into.
The Black church has always been where this country goes to find its moral nerve. So during AfroTech’s 10th year, with tens of thousands of Black technologists in Houston, AfroTech and LIVEFREE USA are setting the table. We’re bringing faith leaders, technologists, and organizers together for a night to start writing the moral framework for the world we intend to build.
We call it the Covenant: a living set of commitments, written by the people in the room and carried by Black churches into the age of AI. Houston is the first signing.
In conversation
Pastor Michael McBride, host. Executive Director of LIVEFREE USA and lead pastor of The Way Christian Center in Berkeley
W. Kamau Bell, comedian and filmmaker. 3-time Emmy winner for United Shades of America and director of the Peabody-winning We Need to Talk About Cosby
Diya Wynn, Responsible AI Lead at Amazon Web Services
More voices to be announced
The night
An intimate panel discussion
Small tables where your convictions become the first lines of the Covenant
A soul food dinner by Sticky Eats Catering. Come hungry
Details
Thursday, November 5 · 6 to 8pm CT
The View HTX · 815 St Charles St, Houston
A Black-owned members house minutes from the convention center, with free parking on site
Space is limited. This is a free, invite-only evening for about 80 guests, and we review every request. RSVP early to hold your place at the table.