Events We’re investigating the role of technology in society, the needs of our communities, and the systems that govern them. Upcoming events: Featured Jan 14 Jan 14, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Saffron Huang, “Beyond the benchmark” Jan 14, 2026 Jan 14, 2026 Jan 21 Jan 21, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Saadia Gabriel, “Human in the machine: Towards community-grounded AI reasoning” Jan 21, 2026 Jan 21, 2026 Jan 28 Jan 28, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Brad Knox, “Harmful traits of AI companions” Jan 28, 2026 Jan 28, 2026 Feb 4 Feb 4, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Bruce Schneier, “Integrous systems design” Feb 4, 2026 Feb 4, 2026 Feb 11 Feb 11, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Mamatha Bhat, “Multi-agentic AI in healthcare to guide objective decision-making” Feb 11, 2026 Feb 11, 2026 Feb 25 Feb 25, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Kate Larson, “Who decides what AI values? New frontiers in fair and diverse alignment” Feb 25, 2026 Feb 25, 2026 Mar 4 Mar 4, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Joel Z. Leibo, “A pragmatic view of AI personhood” Mar 4, 2026 Mar 4, 2026 Mar 18 Mar 18, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Zhijing Jin, “Emergent AI safety risks in multi-agent LLMs” Mar 18, 2026 Mar 18, 2026 Mar 25 Mar 25, 2026 SRI Seminar Series: Kyle Mahowald, “How linguistics learned to stop worrying and love the language models” Mar 25, 2026 Mar 25, 2026 Past events: Featured Nov 26 Nov 26, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Semra Sevi, “Chatbot voting advice applications inform but seldom sway young unaligned voters” Nov 26, 2025 Nov 26, 2025 Nov 12 Nov 12, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Sonia Katyal, “Art in walled gardens” Nov 12, 2025 Nov 12, 2025 Nov 5 Nov 5, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Lucy Suchman, “Closed worlds and the constitutive outsides of artificial intelligence” Nov 5, 2025 Nov 5, 2025 Oct 22 Oct 22, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Peter Salib, “AI rights for human safety” Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025 Oct 21 Oct 21, 2025 The Moral Circle: A Book Talk with Jeff Sebo Oct 21, 2025 Oct 21, 2025 Oct 15 Oct 15, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: David Duvenaud, “The big picture of LLM dangerous capability evals” Oct 15, 2025 Oct 15, 2025 Oct 8 Oct 8, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Ryan Calo, “Law and technology: A methodical approach” Oct 8, 2025 Oct 8, 2025 Oct 1 Oct 1, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Anastasia Kuzminykh, “The power of discussion: Designing useful communication with AI agents” Oct 1, 2025 Oct 1, 2025 Sep 24 Sep 24, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Hamsa Bastani, “Unpacking the unintended consequences of AI in education” Sep 24, 2025 Sep 24, 2025 Sep 17 Sep 17, 2025 SRI Seminar Series: Jeff Clune, “Open-ended and AI-generating algorithms in the era of foundation models” Sep 17, 2025 Sep 17, 2025 Sep 16 Sep 16, 2025 Special event: Technophilosophy September Soiree: Is ChatGPT your friend? Sep 16, 2025 Sep 16, 2025 May 29 May 29, 2025 Absolutely Interdisciplinary 2025 May 29, 2025 May 29, 2025 View our events archive Explore past events on our YouTube Channel