AGI FOR DESIGNERS

Sunday | 29 September 2025 - 10am EST

Typically designers tend to think about AI simply in terms of AI-based tools that can be used in the design process. They seldom think about AI in broader terms. And yet there is a debate raging in Computer Science circles about AGI and the very future of AI. The session brings together a panel of designers with a deep understanding of AI to discuss the impact of AGI on the future of design.

Philippe Morel
Karla Saldaña Ochoa
Daniel Bolojan
Michael Just
Smaro Katsangelou
Neil Leach

OpenAI’s definition of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is: ‘a highly autonomous system that can outperform humans at most economically valuable work.’

This series addresses the theme of AGI. Are we there yet? If not, how far are we away? What would it take to reach AGI? And are the implications - the dangers, the risks and advantages - of reaching AGI?


ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

Sun 15 September [10.00 am EST]
STUART RUSSELL (UC BERKELEY)
AGI – WHAT IF WE SUCCEED?

Sun 22 September [10.00 am EST]
NEIL LEACH (FIU)
ALIEN INTELLIGENCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO AGI

Sun 29 September [10.00am EST]
AGI FOR DESIGNERS
Neil Leach, Karla Sandana Ochoa, Daniel Bolojan, Philippe Morel, Michael Just,
Smaro Katsangelou

Sun 6 October [11.30 am EST]
BLAISE AGUERA Y ARCAS (Google)
AGI – ARE WE THERE YET?

Sun 13 October [10.00am EST]
KARL FRISTON (UCL)
THE PHYSICS OF SENTIENCE