[NYC AI Event Pick] | February 2025
💡 Editor’s Note: In the coming weeks, we’ll be delving into critical conversations on AI safety with leading figures such as Geoffrey Hinton! Beyond the buzz of impressive generated videos and images, our focus will be on harnessing AI’s power to address real-world social challenges. That’s why we’re launching our Social Good Hackathon and Incubator next quarter, designed to spark innovative projects that make a tangible difference in people’s lives. Stay tuned, and remember that our subscribers will be the first to receive exclusive event invitations!
🌟 Featured Events
Autonomous Armageddon Nuclear Weapons & AI with Geoffrey Hinton (Jan 26)
OpenAI X AI Tinkerers Hackathon Realtime Voice x Reasoning (Feb 15 & 16)
The Peacemaking Machine AI & Democratic Deliberation (Feb 27)
🌟 Google’s Social Good GenAI Accelerator!
To quote Google Director David McLaughlin
We're looking for the next generation of AI innovators to join our Google.org Accelerator: Gen AI program. Selected organizations will participate in a six-month accelerator that includes technical training, Google Cloud credits and deep mentorship from the best of Google and our broader mentor ecosystem, along with a share of $30 million in funding.
Check out our new video for an overview of our first class and to hear from current participants: https://lnkd.in/gR7nU9qk
Don't miss out on this opportunity to solve world-changing problems using Gen AI. Apply today!
Coming up Next: Builder’s Corner
Hi friends! Nick here.
Coming into 2025, in addition to the events, I will be sharing insights on AI usage from my experience as an AI developer and neuroscientist. These posts will have a different tag, so you can skip them if you want to : D
In the next session I will cover my experience and observations tuning the popular tools (ChatGPT o1/o1pro, Claude, Cursor) with prompt engineering, amazing libs from our friend which turns cursor to a multi-agent platform.
If there are any tools you would like to see, comment below!
📅 Key Events This Month
Featured Event: Nuclear Weapons & AI
Autonomous Armageddon: Nuclear Weapons and AI
Date: January 26, 2:00 PM GMT
Speakers: Geoffrey Hinton, Connor Leahy, Dr. Ruth Mitchell
Focus: AI integration risks in nuclear systems
Technical Focus: OpenAI Hackathon
Realtime Voice x Reasoning Hackathon
Dates: February 15-16
Time: 8:00 AM (Sat) - 3:00 PM (Sun)
Location: NYC (In-Person)
Sponsor: OpenAI
Special Event: AI & Democracy
The Peacemaking Machine
Date: February 27, 4:00 PM EST
Speakers: Michael Henry Tessler & Michiel A. Bakker (MIT/Deepmind)
Topic: AI-enabled democratic deliberation
📆 Additional Events
Week of February 4-9
NYC GenAI Demo Day (Feb 4, 6:00 PM)
Multimodal Model Workshop (Feb 6, 4:00 PM)
Week of February 10-16
Quantum Processing in the Brain (Feb 12, 1:00 PM)
Embedded Ethics Seminar (Feb 12, 1:00 PM)
AI in Waste Management (Feb 12, 2:00 PM)
Week of February 24-29
AI & Freedom of Thought (Feb 25, 12:30 PM)
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