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Like it or not, AI bots are now part of our society. Much like humans, they have evolved from learning on their own to learning from us—and from each other. As online spaces become a mix of human and AI-generated content, who are the experts, and where are they? Without access to real expertise, AI will spread misinformation. When AI models train on low-quality content produced by other AIs, the self-reinforcing loop of nonsense is known as ‘AI model collapse.’ In this talk, I will explain how insights from human cultural evolution can help us avoid it.

​Alex Bentley is Professor of Anthropology at University of Tennessee, and previously Head of Archaeology and Anthropology at Bristol University. Author of over 150 peer-reviewed articles, his forthcoming book (with Michael O’Brien) is Collaborators through Time: How Humans Partnered with Nature, Technology and Each Other (Bloomsbury).

Our futures are more uncertain than ever. In the wake of the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers UKSC ruling, as well as other developments around the world, a group of us, disillusioned with the pro-trans activism thus far, aims to take matters into our own hands.

The goal of this event is to:

• make personal connections
• collate trustworthy information about the social, political, legal, and medical landscape (both present and near-future)
• discuss effective steps we could take regarding both outwards campaigning and intra-trans infrastructure

We’d like to aim this event mostly at transgender people, however cisgender allies (especially if you have information/connections we could leverage!) are welcome too!

Making things better is hard. Let’s get together and help each other out.

Let’s help each other conceive of, start and complete projects for social good.

You might be working on:

• ​A research project
• ​A campaign
• ​A useful resource
• ​An event series
• ​A nonprofit organisation
• ​A protest
• ​A website or app
• ​A workshop
• ​An educational initiative
• ​A practical initiative like distributing some resource that’s needed
• ​A fundraising initiative
• ​…something else…
• ​…or you might not be sure yet!

​Provisional Schedule

6.45-7.45 we’ll work on projects
7.45-8.15 break and chat
8.15-9.15 we’ll coach each other through our blocks and uncertainties

​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty, fellows, and fellowship candidates only.

​Hannah O’Rourke is the director of Campaign Lab, and lecturer in political organising at Newspeak House. With over a decade of experience in British politics, Hannah has advised numerous political campaigns across the country, from short local actions to large national strategies. Her innovative approaches to community mobilization and strategic communication have made her a respected voice in modern political organizing.

​In this session, Hannah will help fellowship candidates dig into the political, organising, and campaigning aspects of their prototypes. Hannah will offer practical insights on understanding and working effectively within your existing context, developing your message, and finding your key audiences and allies. Come prepared with your work-in-progress to make the most of this opportunity to workshop your project with a leading expert.

This session is part of the Robust Software and Systems module at Newspeak House, open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

​The internet is a hostile environment. Internet-facing applications face a constant stream of threats - ranging from casual scripted attacks through to sophisticated, targeted attacks. Asking users to trust you with their data is a big responsibility.

​In this module we’ll explore techniques for reasoning about this environment, and how to build software and systems that are reliable and protect user data.

​This session is about tracking the threats to your data and your users, so that you can prioritise the mitigations you want to put in place.

• Pre-read 2025 RS&S-02 threat modelling
• Prepare a list of the assets you consider in scope for your project (could be the data you’re collecting, the hardware you’re storing it on, hosting, credentials, etc.)
• Bring your laptop

​After we’ve covered the basics, you’ll each use a template sheet to start a threat model for your project.

Come along to the sixth integral altruism meetup. The theme of this meetup will be: ​​​🤓 does EA stretch bayesianism too far? 🤓

​The reading for this meetup is Richard Ngo’s why I’m not a Bayesian

​Doors open from 4pm. Structured discussion starts at 5, please arrive before then! At around 6:30-7 there’ll be time for hanging out & potluck.

​If you’d like to stick around for the potluck, please bring some food to contribute (doesn’t have to be fancy - just grabbing something from Tesco is fine too!). If possible please keep it vegan 🙏

​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

​Dr Six Silberman leads us in exploring how institutions work, some difficulties that arise in them, how they change, and how we each can try to participate constructively in them.

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop! 🙂

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

Join remotely at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82959644687?pwd=cG9BdEFha3dmNzVjcFd2RUFTWGVNZz09.

​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty, fellows, and fellowship candidates only.

A workshop for fellowship candidates to work on developing the network development and field building aspect of their prototypes.

Welcome to the first-ever ATProto London meetup!

​Curious about how Bluesky is different from other social network websites? Interested in building cool stuff using ATProto, the underlying technology powering the Bluesky social network? Want to learn how to use this cutting-edge decentralised platform to launch the next generation of online applications? You’ve come to the right place!

​This edition of the event won’t have a particular focus, it’s mostly just to meet up with local Bluesky users and ATProto developers. In the future we might run talks or workshops, but for now we’re working on building a community and feeling out how we should run these events.

​Over 10,000 people have pledged to donate at least 10% of their lifetime income to some of the world’s most effective charities. How do normal people balance this commitment with their other financial goals?

​Come along and hear from four speakers with different backgrounds and life circumstances make it work in a high-cost of living city like London. They’ll speak about what pledges mean to them, their motivations, alongside more practical personal / financial considerations.

​If you are pledge-curious, or just want to hear different perspectives on effective giving, this event is for you!

​18:15 - Arrive and chat to other similarly interested attendees, enjoy some snacks!
​18:45 - Lightning talks + Q&A
​19:45 onwards - Mingle

​​​​​Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.

Join us for our bi-weekly Campaign Lab Hack Night - a regular session to work on your tech side projects to help the progressive left campaign more effectively. You can either bring your own project or help out on one of our ongoing ones.

​​​​​Snacks and drinks are provided, all you need is to bring yourself and a laptop! 🙂

​​​​​All technologists, activists, organisers and campaigners are welcome. We also welcome any new people who are interested in politics, technology and evidence based campaign innovation on the left.

Join remotely at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82959644687?pwd=cG9BdEFha3dmNzVjcFd2RUFTWGVNZz09.

Come along to the seventh integral altruism meetup! This time we’re going to try running an antidebate!

​An antidebate is a process designed to foster collective inquiry and understanding rather than adversarial argument. It aims to counteract polarization by encouraging participants to engage with complexity, nuance, and empathy, moving beyond the binary nature of traditional debates.

​The exact topic of debate is yet to be decided, but it will be on the role of systems change in EA.

​Doors open from 4pm. The antidebate will start at 5, please arrive before then! At around 6:30-7 there’ll be time for hanging out & potluck.

​If you’d like to stick around for the potluck, please bring some food to contribute (doesn’t have to be fancy - just grabbing something from Tesco is fine too!). If possible please keep it vegan 🙏