Agape AI Salon #1

Human-AI dialogues on ethical development and societal advancement. In an era where discussions about artificial intelligence often swing between doomsday scenarios and unbridled optimism, we recognize the need for a balanced, human-centered forum. Our upcoming salon series in San Francisco aims to bridge this gap, fostering a space where diverse voices can explore the multifaceted possibilities and challenges of advanced AI. Be a part of this critical conversation. Help navigate the present and future of AI, and shape the world we want to live in. Your voice matters in building a more inclusive, human-centric approach to technology. Guest speakers will be announced one week prior to the event. Given limited space, RSVPs are required, and as we will undoubtedly hit capacity, we ask that you release your RSVP one week before if you can't make it, so that others may. Who will be there Top researchers, thinkers, founders, community leaders, advocates, and designers present and lead the discussion, but we expect full participation and believe that the audience is as much a contributor, as the speakers are listeners. What we stand for While we will have researchers, founders and investors, we're not here to dive into deep math, promote our startup, or land a job. We are here for unfiltered, productive conversation of diverse perspectives, connection, and belief that this is an important moment in time, and we have the power to shape it. 📆 Schedule 2:00-3:00pm // Arrival 3:00-4:00pm // Guest Speakers 4:00-5:00pm // Discussion and Departure 🎟️ Ticketing Free, though donations are welcome and go towards the community house and ensuring that we can host events like this in the future. Limited availability. Missed out? We'll try to get you in next month. 🎥 Recording We’re considering recording the talks, subject to ensuring it supports genuine, non-performative dialogue. 🫖 Refreshments Light snacks and drinks provided. 🗣️ Speakers Charles Frye teaches people about building products that use d̶a̶t̶a̶ ̶s̶c̶i̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ m̶a̶c̶h̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶r̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ artificial intelligence. He completed a PhD on neural network optimization at UC Berkeley in 2020 before working at MLOps startup Weights & Biases and on the popular online courses Full Stack Deep Learning and Full Stack LLM Bootcamp. Kawandeep Virdee prototypes creative AI applications as an AI Experience Research Engineer at Upstatement. He throws events and makes things in the art & tech space, previously showing work at SFMOMA, the MIT Media Lab, Transmediale, and EYEO. He is the author of “Feeling Great About My Butt.” Sasha is the Executive Director of AI Engineer Foundation, where the goal is to create standardization and tooling to help AI-enabled organizations collaborate rather than unnecessarily compete, an example project is AI Agent Protocol (Our website: aie.foundation). She is also creating Dwell - an AI Journaling App that helps people with aligning their actions to their values (self alignment), which is launching soon. She is an avid mental health advocate and a ballerina. You can also find her goofing off at AI hackathons around town. She was previously working on Multimodal and GenerativeAI research at MetaAI.