Critical Conversations with Code2040: Artificial Intelligence
Join Code2040 for a three part workshop series where we will examine the uses, impacts, and ethics of AI.
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Online
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About this event
In a moment of unchecked, unregulated, and environmentally devastating growth of AI, we are inviting technologists and community members to consider the social and political implications of tech tools. We know technology can offer us a different path and we invite you to imagine with us. Join us for a set of 3 critical conversations on artificial intelligence.
Workshop Dates
When you purchase a ticket, you are purchasing attendance to the full 3 workshop series. All workshops will be held online on Zoom, to be emailed to you after registering.
- Tuesday August 5th, 2025 3:30-5:30pm PST
- Thursday August 21st, 2025 3:30-5:00pm PST
- Thursday September 4th, 2025 3:30-5:00pm PST
Over the course of three sessions, participants will:
- Learn about the history of AI, its varied uses, and its impacts today in a popular education style format where we gather the expertise in the room and engage in open dialogue (disagreements encouraged!)
- Learn to think critically about AI: what problems does it seek to solve? Is it actually solving those problems? What do we gain when we use AI? What do we lose?
- Share skills and resources for shaping (or perhaps, slowing down? stopping?) the development of AI, including collaboratively designing a project with other participants
- Envision just technological futures together
We invite students, technologists, community members, organizers, and all those who care about the impacts of technology to join us!
Spots are limited to encourage depth and intimacy of conversation and connection amongst the cohort. Please register as soon as possible!
Frequently asked questions
In order to receive a certificate of completion with Code2040, yes -- you do have to attend all three and we will not be recording sessions, as participants will be engaging in discussion together and we want to encourage an open dialogue.
Yes, we will offer sliding scale prices to queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (QTBIPOC) college students, community organizers, and those in need of any extra support. If you are in need of a sliding scale rate, please email navkiran@code2040.org.
Yes! These workshops are set up so that anyone can be a part of the discussion and in fact, the more diverse the group, the more fruitful the discussion! We encourage technologists, coders, non-coders, community members, students, etc to join!
Each session builds on the previous one and includes time to work in small groups together toward a small project -- missing a session is not encouraged for this reason. We ask that if you register that you prioritize attending each session.
We'll share that closer to the launch of the first workshop!