Absolutely Interdisciplinary

ADVANCING NEW IDEAS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH CONVERSATION, COMMUNITY, AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY.

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become more autonomous, persuasive, and socially embedded, assumptions about their intelligence, agency, and impacts are being re-examined. At the same time, the window for shaping the safe and ethical development of advanced AI systems is rapidly narrowing. When AI systems function not only as tools but as social actors, what changes? How should we evaluate their cognitive capacities? And what new governance challenges emerge as they shape belief, intimacy, and public discourse?

An annual academic conference hosted by the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, Absolutely Interdisciplinary convenes leading thinkers from a rich variety of fields to engage in conversations that encourage innovation and inspire new insights.

Connecting technical researchers, social scientists, and humanists, Absolutely Interdisciplinary fosters new ways of thinking about the challenges presented by AI and other powerful technologies to build a future that promotes human well-being—for everyone.