AI Assemblers Speaker Series Online – Helen and Dave Edwards

Online Speaker Series

We are thrilled to announce a special event in the AI Assembler Pro Speaker Series, where we are dedicated to cultivating innovative thinkers within our community. Our mission is to move beyond passive use of technology by showcasing pioneering leaders and the creative applications of their work. Join us to be inspired by diverse career paths, groundbreaking projects, and the personal journeys of those actively forging the way in AI.

As an exclusive benefit, all of our valued AI Assemblers have automatic access to our distinguished guest speakers. Limited Guest Spots Available: We offer only a few highly sought-after spots for guests interested in experiencing the value of joining the AI Assembler community. Register your interest promptly, and we will notify you if you are successful in securing a place.

This is an online event, so you can join us from the comfort of your home, office, or anywhere you have an internet connection, connecting our community throughout New Zealand (Kiwis 🥝) and across the globe.

Featured Speakers: Helen & Dave Edwards – Cognitive Sovereignty: Being the Author of Your Own Mind in the Age of AI 🧠

We are thrilled to welcome Helen and Dave Edwards, Co-Founders of the Artificiality Institute, as our next distinguished guests for the AI Assembler Pro Speaker Series.

Helen and Dave’s session, “Cognitive Sovereignty: Being the Author of Your Own Mind in the Age of AI,” is a deeply relevant and philosophical dive into the heart of human-AI collaboration. This talk is essential for anyone aiming to be an active innovator—not just a passive user—who wants to understand the profound human implications of leveraging AI’s power. They will provide critical insights into how AI is fundamentally reshaping how we think, create, and understand ourselves, and the challenge of maintaining your unique cognitive independence.

Cognitive Sovereignty: Maintaining Your Human-AI Balance

In their role at the Artificiality Institute, Helen and Dave Edwards explore how humans and AI co-evolve, not just for efficiency, but for meaning. Drawing on their decades of study, they will discuss the crucial task of staying the author of your own mind when partnering with intelligent machines. This session will explore the dynamic between leveraging AI for creativity and insight while preserving your fundamental human spark and unique perspective.

Key Insights for Active Innovators:

• Reshaping Self-Understanding: Discover how AI challenges our established notions of intelligence, creativity, and identity, forcing us to redefine what it means to be human.
• The Co-Evolving Mind: Learn about the frameworks for human-AI symbiosis that move beyond efficiency, focusing on how mutual learning sparks greater curiosity and creativity.
• Maintaining Cognitive Sovereignty: Strategies for staying the primary author of your own mind, ensuring that AI serves as a powerful tool without undermining your unique cognitive foundation.
• From Research to Frameworks: Gain insight from their longitudinal ethnography and experimental design work at the Artificiality Institute, translating complex observations into practical understanding for our community.

Helen and Dave’s presentation will encourage our community to think critically about how they can actively lead the human-AI frontier in a meaningful and self-aware manner.

🎤 About the Speakers

Helen and Dave Edwards are the Co-Founders of the Artificiality Institute, a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying how AI transforms what it means to be human. They are currently Visiting Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible AI.

Their combined expertise is vast: Helen brings deep experience from leading complex systems as CIO of New Zealand’s National Grid and in executive roles at PG&E and Fonterra. Dave spent years shaping Apple’s most iconic creative software products, following earlier work as a Wall Street analyst and venture capitalist.

Together, they translate deep, story-based research into actionable frameworks for the future of human-AI partnership. They believe in fostering a future where humans and intelligent machines learn from each other, sparking curiosity, creativity, and a deeper understanding of our shared existence.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into how AI is fundamentally challenging the future of being human, and how you can intentionally navigate this new era.

🚀 Take the Next Step: Secure Your Place

For AI Assembler Pro Members: If you are an AI Assembler Pro, you are already part of our community of innovative thinkers! Please check your calendar — we should have already added you, but you can fill in the form below if you don’t see it there! 🙂🙌

For Launchpad Community Members (Free): We have reserved a limited number of guest spots for our valued Launchpad community members who are keen to experience our exclusive speaker sessions. To register your interest in attending, please fill in the form below, and our team will be in touch if a spare spot is available for you! 🙌