Bay Area AI Safety Meetup w Dept of Homeland Security and new paper from UC Berkeley, sponsored by Tola Capital

​November edition of the monthly academic salon discussing all aspects under the critical topic of AI safety.

​This month sponsored by Tola Capital

​TLDR: Bringing together scholastic exercises with enterprise work in AI, this is a forum to discuss and address the deepest technical and ethical questions around AI safety in use within society. Primarily a social event to discuss current issues, featuring lightning talks while leaving more time for Q&A that could instigate a larger scope for any solutions.

​Not AGI-focused - this meetup is around scientifically-grounded solutions for issues in AI from development pov.

​Talks this month:

• ​Micah Carroll, UC Berkeley (and potentially others) - presenting their recent paper on targeted manipulation w user feedback

• ​John Waley, founder @ RecFounder Inception Studio • 3x Cybersecurity Founder (Redcoat AI, UnifyID, Moka5) • Adjunct Lecturer in Compilers and GenAI at Stanford

• ​Sean Harvey, Product Leader, AI Corps @ US Department of Homeland Security

​Schedule:

• ​5:30pm - Doors / pizza

• ​6:30pm - Lightning Talks w Q&A (5-10 min)

• ​7:00pm - Discussion

• ​8:00pm - Shutting it down