Foresight hosts SF conference on AI-first science with DeepMind, MIT speakers
juanbenet · x · 2026-09-29
Foresight Institute announced a San Francisco event this week on AI-first science, asking whether AI can compress decades of scientific discovery into years while keeping progress open, verifiable, and widely shared.
The announced speaker lineup spans AI, biotech, and progress-studies circles:
- Thomas Oxley (Synchron, brain-computer interfaces)
- Alex Pentland (MIT Media Lab)
- Vivek Natarajan (DeepMind)
- Andreas Stuhlmüller (Elicit)
- Emilia Javorsky (Future of Life Institute)
- Chelsea Fries (Institute for Protein Design)
- Eli Dourado and Dileep George (Astera Institute)
- Plus representatives from Institute for Progress, Protocol Labs, Asimov Press, and 100 Plus Capital.
Protocol Labs founder Juan Benet reposted the announcement.
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