Foresight's 40th-anniversary Vision Weekend returns to SF with OpenAI, Neuralink, DeepMind speakers
allisondman · x · 2026-10-21
Foresight Institute marks its 40th anniversary as Vision Weekend returns to San Francisco across venues including the USS Hornet, Internet Archive, The Fold and Lighthaven. The program features a $10K pitch competition, lab tours, a sci-fi book swap and expert talks in three tracks:
- Secure, Sovereign & Resilient AI: Wojciech Zaremba (OpenAI Foundation), Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol), Seb Krier (Google DeepMind), Jenny Read (ARIA).
- Neuro AI & AI for Neuro: Matthew MacDougall (Neuralink), Matt Angle (Paradromics), Max Hodak (Science Corporation), Adam Marblestone (Convergent Research).
- Life Unlimited: Biotech & Biosecurity sessions.
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