Startupy founder Sari Azout and Backdrop founder Joey DeBruin join hosts Alaka Halder and Wes Chow for a conversation on building consumer products using web3 technology. Sari is an early-stage VC, design-thinker, and strategist who founded Startupy, a digital playground for thinkers and creators to curate, organize, and interconnect the most valuable tech, business, and…
There's been quite a buzz recently around generative AI programs such as GPT and Stable Diffusion. In this workshop salon we will work as a group on a short piece of illustrated fiction using tools such as ChatGPT to produce the writing and Midjourney to generate illustrations to accompany it (Since this is a fast… Continue reading Writing and Illustrating with AI: An Exploratory Workshop
Join Sam Patt to discuss the centralization of AI and explore how AI can help friends play together. We will try out HaveWords.AI, an AI sharing platform Sam has built. A members-only fireside chat, moderated by Nicky Buttigieg. Artificial Intelligence holds a lot of promise, but the centralization of AI in the hands of a… Continue reading AI Decentralisation and Interactive Generative Fiction – Fireside Chat with Sam Patt
Join VR reading app Sol Reader co-founder Trae Stephens for an exclusive exploration of this new product and the future of books. Members only, moderated by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. "Stone. Papyrus. Paper. Pixels. Sol. In this era of constant beeps, alerts and updates, what will the next evolution of reading look like? Simply lean…
Interintellect host and Fellow Bryan Kam will be hosting a text-based AMA in the ii Discord Community Forum. Ask him anything! Join us for an exciting AMA (Ask Me Anything) event with Bryan Kam, where you can ask him anything and delve into his wealth of knowledge and experiences. Post your questions to the #bryan_kam_salons…
The programmability of money and growth of new online communities driven by an interest in decentralized finance and governance has given rise to new experiments in public funding and a “flipped” system of grantmaking dependent on measuring impact rather than proposals. Perhaps the most successful experiment in the space, Gitcoin, has disbursed $50M to open…
My name is Brent Lucia and I am a Professional Communications Professor at the University of Connecticut. My recent research focuses on the rhetoric's of technology, specifically how marketing language for emerging tech seeks to influence its audiences. Should we be seeking objectivity in journalism? I always believed the answer was an obvious, yes, but…
Tech journalist, cultural commentator and social media's reluctant anthropologist Taylor Lorenz's first book title couldn't be any more fitting. Join this exclusive online salon whether you're extremely online, or only a little bit! Hosted by Anna Gát. In this much-awaited SuperSalon with Taylor Lorenz, we'll be tackling the themes of her debut book: how the…
Join Ben Springwater, Co-Founder and CEO of the Matter reading app, to discuss novelty bias in our social media feeds, showing us what's new, not what's best, and why they built ReadSomethingWonderful to be a portal to timeless internet writing. A members-only fireside chat, moderated by Nicky Buttigieg. "Most of the best writing was not…
Join Erik Hoel, Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist, for a SuperSalon on his new book, "The World Behind the World." Come and discover, together with Interintellect founder Anna Gát, how our brain forms conscious experiences and see the potential for a revolution in neuroscience and technology! Neuroscience has long promised answers to the profound questions…
Join Tony Morley, a progress studies writer and communicator, for a discussion on progress, optimism, and the first children's book on progress authored by him! The meeting will be hosted…
Join RJ Barman for an offline SF Bay Area casual discussion about keeping up an interest in the humanities while spending your days working in STEM. How do you manage a case of split-brain? You spend all day working on thinking about programming, math, chemistry, product, software marketing, etc., yet also have a deep interest…
