AI Optimization & Security Meetup - Sycophancy edition

​October edition of the monthly academic salon

​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.

​Note this meetup is not AGI-focused and supports scientifically-grounded conversations for issues in AI from development pov (!)

​Talks this month (+ special guests TBD):

• ​Nicole Hsing, Arcarae, "MIRROR: Cognitive Inner Monologue Between Conversational Turns for Persistent Reflection and Reasoning in Conversational LLMs"

​Schedule:

• ​5:30pm - Doors / pizza

• ​6:30pm - Talks w Q&A (5-10 min)

• ​7:00pm - Discussion

• ​8:00pm - Shutting it down
  

​Directions: Attendees should enter via the courtyard entrance (up the stairs by the circular water fountain). For accessible entry, building staff will provide elevator access - please enter by the reception desk. All guests must present a valid and physical government-issued ID - this is mandatory with no exceptions.

Code of Conduct: All attendees are obliged to follow the AWS Community Codes of Conduct and agree to the AWS Event Terms and Conditions.