Mirror Mirror On AI
A live debate about AI, and you're part of it. Four speakers. Sealed envelopes with tricky, provocative statements about AI. Nobody's seen them in advance.
Someone from the audience draws an envelope, reads it out loud, says what they think first. Then the speakers answer, two minutes each, order drawn on the spot. No repeating an argument. Everyone has to find a new angle. That’s a round.
The audience votes before and after every round, all together. What we announce isn’t who won. It’s how many minds changed.
Four rounds. The last one belongs to the audience, kept as a surprise.
All of this happens in a mirrored space. Real mirrors, everything reflecting everything. Welcome to the wonderland!))
Speakers to be announced soon!
Day 1 of World AI Week Amsterdam. Before the week fills up with panels and pitch decks and everyone's running between venues, one evening where you actually get to think.
Run of the night
18:00 — Doors
Drinks, music, and the mirrors already lit. Come early, wander, find yourself in the room.
18:30 — Debate
Introduction, how the envelopes work, how the voting works. An envelope is drawn from the audience, read out loud, and answered by the person who drew it. Then the speakers, thirty seconds each. Vote before, vote after.
20:00 — The result
Not who won. How many of you changed your mind.
Drinks, music, networking.
Come with an opinion. Leave with a different one.
Free, limited capacity.
Supported by Finom, an Amsterdam fintech running an all-in-one business account for freelancers and founders across Europe, with AI already built into how it handles accounting.
Venue: Epicenter Amsterdam, the Nordic innovation hub’s waterfront outpost near Centraal Station. Place designed for the connections and collisions.
Concept & curation: dot & salt is a presence design studio, creating events and experiences at the intersection of contemporary art and mythology, for AI companies, tech scale ups, and the teams building fast inside them.
This series is developed in collaboration with Maggie Minton & Sarah Austin.