Will AI transform how we learn in the future?
Join us for the first in a new series of not-to-be-missed informal live streamed conversations from the ASU Future of Being Human initiative
On September 28 we’re launching a new series of live streamed conversations that explore the cutting edge of tech and the future — starting with AI and education.
When we launched the Arizona State University Future of being Human initiative just over the year ago, the aim was to create a “unique community of bold, audacious and visionary thinkers who are inspired by what it might mean to be human in a technologically transformed future and who are passionate about exploring how this influences our thinking and actions in the present.”
We’ve been doing this very effectively with our in-person meetups and events in Tempe Arizona. But the vision was always for the initiative to be unbounded by geography. And so far that’s eluded us … until now.
In our first major step toward breaking away from the confines of the ASU campus where we’re based, I’m very excited to announce that, next week, we will be launching a series of boundary-busting live streamed events that are accessible from anywhere that has an internet connection!
The Future of Being Human … Unplugged
The series — The Future of Being Human … Unplugged — is built on unscripted conversations around compelling questions at the cutting edge of technology and the future with leading experts and creative thinkers.
Of course, this is already quite a crowded space. But I’m expecting this series to be different.
We’ll be asking questions that are designed to intrigue, to inform, and to seriously push the boundaries of how we think about the future. The conversations will be lively, provocative, playful, and most definitely serendipitous. And our guests will be a mix of well known leaders in their fields and people you’ve probably never heard of before, but you’ll wish you had.
And the “unplugged” bit? These conversations are designed to be driven by curiosity, and to go in unexpected and serendipitous directions. Plus, there’’ll be no PowerPoints (thank goodness), no prepared remarks, no soliloquizing talking heads, and absolutely no guarantee as to where we’ll end up going.
It’s going to be a lot of fun!
Will AI transform how we learn in the future?
We kick off the series on September 28 with a question that more and more people are asking: Will AI transform how we learn in the future?
There’s a twist here though: Rather than the usual long-in-the-tooth experts on “education”, two of my three guests are undergraduate students.
I’ve lost track of the number of conversations I’ve had about AI and the future of learning with eminent scholars, academics, and instructors, that are disconnected from what students see, know, and think about the future of education and learning. And so on September 28th we’re going fully unplugged and doing our bit to redress the balance.
We’ll also be joined by my good colleague Sean Leahy who’s a futurist, educator, and someone who’s not afraid to push the limits of how we think about the future of education.
So please do join us for the conversation — and if you can’t make it for the live show, we will be archiving it for future viewing.
And just to whet your appetite for what’s coming down the pike, here’s what you have to look forward to with subsequent episodes of The Future of Being Human … Unplugged:
Do AI’s dream of electric people? (October 24)
Could AIs develop a sense of self and an inner world – and should this concern or excite us? A conversation between Mark Daley (University of Western Ontario), Blake Richards (McGill University), and host Andrew MaynardLiving with your AI Symbiont (November)
Is deep and meaningful human-AI cooperation possible? What could it look like given what we know about human nature? A conversation between Athena Aktipis (Arizona State University), Paul Rainey (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology), and host Andrew MaynardWhat happens when AI and cooperation science collide? (December)
Could research on interspecies cooperation transform how we think about living with advanced artificial intelligence in the future? A conversation between Athena Aktipis (Arizona State University), Mark Daley (University of Western Ontario), and host Andrew Maynard
See you there!