The Future of AI: The Cathedral vs. the Bazaar

​Should we accelerate into the AI future or proceed with caution? Do we even have a choice?

From deep-tech disruptors to policymaking under time pressure, a battle over the fate of human civilization is now being waged on multiple fronts: Closed vs. Open, Hardware vs. Software, Safety vs. Ethics: in sum, Order vs. Chaos.

Join 8VC and the Foundation for American Innovation in San Francisco on May 2 for an update from the trenches, featuring special guests Andrew Côté (Hyperstition) and Guillaume Verdon (Extropic) in conversation with FAI's Samuel Hammond. We’ll discuss their visions for the future, the tradeoffs between centralized and decentralized AI, and the incentives facing founders, technologists, and government regulators.

This event will be recorded and released as an episode of FAI's podcast, The Dynamist.

6:00 p.m. // Check-in
6:30 p.m. // Discussion begins
7:15 p.m. // Q&A
7:30 p.m. // Reception