AI & Society

The UC Berkeley AI & Society Community is an interdisciplinary working group. Our goal is to create a space of researchers from many departments—computer science, information science, statistics, public policy, law, journalism and more–that work at the very broad intersection of “AI” and “humans” to interact, connect and exchange insights.

Events

For Spring 2025, we are currently meeting every other Wednesday 5:30-7pm in Soda 510 with speakers, social mingling, and food at each session.

• (upcoming!) 04/16/2025: Education and AI talks from Professors Zachary A. Pardos and Gireeja Ranade (RSVP here)
• 04/02/2025: Conversation on The Ordinal Society between Professors Ben Recht and Marion Fourcade
• 03/12/2025: Music and AI talk from Allison Jerzak and mingling
• 02/26/2025: Lightning talks from Meredith Lee and Leah Walker, Lauren Chambers, and Valentina Angel
• 02/19/2025: Lightning talks from Swabha Swayamdipta, Serena Booth, and Zoe Kahn
• 02/05/2025: First-ever mixer (100+ attendees!)

Join the discussion

We welcome and encourage all members of the UC Berkeley community. Questions of AI and society span engineering, humanities, law, business, the sciences, and the social sciences, so the more perspectives and thoughtful participants, the better.

If you are interested in joining the mailing list or suggesting a speaker for future meetings (self-nominations welcome!), please fill out this form. If you have other topics you’d like to discuss, please contact the organizing team.