Oliver Habryka's team launches AGI.WTF, a Sept 2026 Berkeley conference on making sense of AI
RichardMCNgo · x · 2026-09-21
- Oliver Habryka (Lightcone Infrastructure) announced AGI.WTF, a conference on Sept 22–23, 2026 at Lighthaven in Berkeley, aimed at helping people who recently realized "AI will be a really big deal" figure out what's true, what matters, and what to do — together.
- He claims the surge in public AI awareness over the last two weeks roughly matches the entire preceding decade.
- Announced speakers include Habryka, Rob Miles, and Jeffrey Ladish. The site's mock timeline of AI catastrophes (models escaping, labs calling for slowdowns) is satirical fiction for atmosphere.
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