The Imagining Summit

A future-forward, opportunity-focused gathering for people interested in AI, creativity, design, and knowledge.

Join us on October 12-14, 2024 in Bend, Oregon for a 42 hour retreat dedicated to Imagining a Hopeful Future with AI—in partnership with the House of Beautiful Business, DXM, and BEL.

At the Imagining Summit, we aim for productive imagination—the process of envisioning possibilities that extend beyond our current experience. Through creative exploration and collaborative discussion, we seek to imagine a path to a hopeful future with AI.

Together, we will craft a new vision and design philosophy for human-machine collaboration—in which AI serves as a Mind for our Minds, amplifying humanity's creativity, culture, knowledge, trust, values, fun, play, and understanding of the world. We will synthesize this work into a collectively authored report shared after the Summit, with the hope of catalyzing change.

We acknowledge the profound, even existential, risks presented by adopting AI. And we reject the utopian AI rhetoric, fear Big Tech's fantasy to make machines that replace us, and worry about the impact of the unthinking AI hypesters and influencers. At The Imagining Summit, however, we will set aside the current hype and future fears to imagine a future we can hope for. Because if we can imagine it, we have a shot at creating it. 

The Imagining Summit will feature a series of conversations and collaborative sessions about topics like creativity, expertise, fun, knowledge, spatial reasoning, trust, and values. These conversations will be led by some of our favorite minds, including Jonathan Coulton, Adam Cutler, Katie Davis, Jamer Hunt, Michael Levin, Josh Lovejoy, Don Norman, John Pasmore, Steven Sloman, and Barbara Tversky. These conversation catalyzers will bring rich and inspiring ideas to help lead all collaborators in an exploration of the possible. 

Details

• Due to limited space, The Imagining Summit will be invite-only event. If you have not yet received an invitation, please submit your interest below and we'll be in touch.
• Location: Bend, Oregon
• Opening at 5pm Saturday October 12. Closing at 11am Monday October 14.
• Attendee Fee: $1,000. Includes all content, meals, entertainment, and more! Yes, you'll enjoy some of Bend's best food on Saturday night, all day Sunday, and Monday morning as part of your attendee fee.
• Patron Fee: $2,500. We welcome support from our patrons and will celebrate their contributions at the Summit. All patrons will be guaranteed an invite to future Imagining Summits.
• Limited scholarships are available. Please email us if your budget doesn't meet the fee.
• Corporate sponsorships are also welcome and will help extend our reach and include more people. Please email us at hello@artificiality.world for more information.