AI Symposium: AI as Infrastructure for the Support of Compassion and a Better Life

A free online symposium on AI and human flourishing

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming part of the infrastructure of daily life, shaping the information we see, the decisions institutions make, and how we learn and relate to one another. This free, two-part online symposium from the Global Compassion Coalition asks a timely question: how do we help AI develop in ways that strengthen, rather than diminish, our humanity?

Join online on November 4, 11 am–1 pm PT, for a conversation about guiding AI toward compassion, fairness, dignity, and collective wellbeing.

Panel 1: What is being done now to align AI in a prosocial direction?

Researchers and practitioners look at current approaches to AI design, training, evaluation, and governance, and at both the promise and the limits of building values like compassion, fairness, and human agency into increasingly powerful systems. With Sessei Meg McNeil (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center), Rafael Calvo, PhD (Imperial College London), Jane Compson, PhD (University of Washington Tacoma), Mark Graves, PhD (AI and Faith), and Max Lamparth, PhD (Stanford University).

Panel 2: What can we do collectively to nudge AI in prosocial ways?

The second conversation widens the lens to the roles researchers, technologists, educators, policymakers, civil society, and everyday citizens can play, and how we might move from reacting to technological change to helping shape it. With Paul Atkins, PhD (ProSocial World), Adam Elwood, PhD (Aily Labs), Ruben Laukkonen, PhD (University of Oxford), Stacey Lawson (Positive AI Labs), and Roma Patel (Google DeepMind).

The symposium is hosted by Myriam Mongrain, PhD, a clinical psychologist, Full Professor of Psychology at York University, and Chair of the Global Compassion Coalition’s Science Committee.

Who it’s for

Anyone curious about what AI’s rapid development means for our lives, relationships, and communities. No technical background is needed, just curiosity and care for the future we’re creating together.

The event is free. Click the button below to reserve your place.