Throughout history, the best ideas emerged when artists sat with scientists, when poets debated with engineers, when different worlds collided in the same room. Think of the Parisian cafés where surrealists and mathematicians argued over coffee, or the Portuguese literary salons where writers and philosophers shaped cultural movements. We're creating that kind of space for the AI age in Lisbon.

This event was inspired by our AI Week NY Bohemian AI salon which brought a mix of builders, artists, philosophers, and skeptics into the same room to debate AI's future. We filmed hot takes, projected AI-generated video art, and proved that the best ideas emerge when diverse perspectives collide. Watch the recap here and the original event page here.

This is a short panel followed by open dialogue, hot takes, and on-camera reflections. As a participant we encourage you to meet other people, share your perspective, film a hot take, and debate someone you disagree with (politely).

The Questions We're Wrestling With:

Is AI a tool for liberation or a new form of control?

What happens to creativity when machines can generate anything?

Who gets to decide how AI shapes culture?

Can we build ethical AI when "ethics" means different things to different people?

How do we preserve human agency in systems designed to predict us?