Past Events

Will AI transform how we learn in the future?

Could advances in generative AI transform how we learn the extent that universities and colleges as we know them become a thing of the past? A conversation with Dr. Sean Leahy, Aleksandr Bogatirev, Sophia Herman, and host Professor Andrew Maynard

The Future of Being Human … Unplugged

This fall, the Future of Being Human initiative is launching a new series of crosscutting online conversations around what it might mean to be human in a technologically complex world.

How could generative AI change our lives over the next five years?

Join us for an in-person Future of Being Human meetup at 3:00 PM on Wednesday September 6 on the ASU campus in Tempe, where we’ll be discussing how generative AI and foundation models more broadly might potentially change our lives over the next five years.

ShapingEDU Global Community Solutioneering Summit 2023

The Future of being Human initiative will be at this year’s Global Community Solutioneering Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 23rd. initiative director Andrew Maynard will be leading a student

Spring 2023 Meetup Lineup

We’re excited to publish the lineup of Future of Being Human meetups planned for Tempe, Arizona in Spring 2023.

Does ChatGPT Change Everything? (Meetup, January 26)

Join us for an in-person Future of Being Human meetup at 2:00 PM on January 26 on the ASU campus in Tempe, where we’ll be discussing ChatGPT and what it and similar language models might mean for the future of being human.

The Joy of Sex Robots (Meetup, February 9)

Join us for an in-person Future of Being Human meetup at 2:00 PM on February 9 in Tempe, Arizona, where we’ll be discussing how relationships with robots (including intimate relationships) might evolve, and what this might mean for the future of being human.

How will Advances in Preserving Organs and Tissues for Transplant Transform Future Lives? (Meetup, February 23)

Join us for an in-person Future of Being Human meetup at 2:00 PM on February 23 in Tempe, Arizona, where we’ll be discussing what advances in biopreservation might mean for the future of being human.

Is longtermism ethically valid or morally flawed? (Meetup, March 16)

Join us for an in-person Future of Being Human meetup at 2:00 PM on March 16 in Tempe, Arizona, to discuss the ideas behind longtermism and future of being human.

How can African sci-fi help us imagine the future differently? (Meetup, March 30)

Join us for an in-person Future of Being Human meetup at 2:00 PM on March 30 in Tempe, Arizona, to discuss science fiction, African Futurism, and how it potentially changes how we think about future of being human.