Foresight Institute | Existential Hope Salon {Holidays Ed.}

​Join us for the last Existential Hope salon of the year - holidays edition!

​Speakers: 

​Trent McConaghy, Ocean Protocol | bci/acc: A Path to Manage AI Risk, then Explore & Reshape the Cosmos

​Adina Popescu, ÆRTH- Planetary AI | Simulating Solutions for planet Earth

​Lou de K, Foresight Institute | AI Safety: Neuro/ Security/ Cryptography/ Multipolar Approaches

​X-HOPE SERIES:

​In these salons we explore existential risk vs existential hope, small kills all risk from tech, differential tech development, top down-vs. bottom-up solutions, resilience, escape, and more.

​We focus on the advancement of technology that is too ambitious for legacy institutions to take on, in particular on Neurotech, Biotech for health and longevity, Cryptography and AI, Space Technology, and Molecular Nanotechnology.

PROGRAM:

​6 pm: Doors open

​6:30 - 7:10  pm: Talks 

​7:15 - 7:45 pm: Guided breakouts sessions on Neurotech, Longevity, Cryptography and AI, Space Tech, and Nanotech. 

​7:45 - 8:15 pm: report out and group discussion

​8:15 - 9:00 pm: social with Glühwein, old and new friends

​After intros and chats, we will invite you to join aligned minds into topical breakout sessions, that may include: Utopias, Protopias, Solving Coordination Failures; Positive Futures in Security, Computing, AI Progress; Positive Futures in Bio, Nano, Neurotech.
We'll gather for a report-out, followed by more time for connection.

About Foresight: Foresight Institute supports the beneficial development of high-impact technology to make great futures more likely. We focus on science and technology that is too early-stage or interdisciplinary for legacy institutions to support, focusing on biotech, neurotech, nanotech, space & computing.

More about Foresight: https://foresight.org

More about Existential Hope: https://www.existentialhope.com