Absolutely Interdisciplinary 2026 – Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become more autonomous, persuasive, and socially embedded, assumptions about their intelligence, agency, and impacts are being re-examined.

At the same time, the window for shaping the safe and ethical development of advanced AI systems is rapidly narrowing. When AI systems function not only as tools but as social actors, what changes? How should we evaluate their cognitive capacities? And what new governance challenges emerge as they shape belief, intimacy, and public discourse?

On May 13, the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) will convene leading international thinkers from a rich variety of fields for Absolutely Interdisciplinary 2026, its annual academic conference dedicated to advancing cross-disciplinary approaches to AI research.