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The Future of Knowing Conference

Alternate Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Knowledge Generation

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March 17th - 19th, 2027
Virginia State University

Where what's next is built. Where dreams are shared.

Future Makers

Knowledge is changing.

As artificial intelligence reshapes how we reason, discover, and interpret the world, The Future of Knowing brings together thinkers and makers asking what it means to know in a new era.

About

The rise of artificial intelligence marks a profound shift in how knowledge is produced, processed, and understood in society. As Ai systems increasingly function as knowledge producers, they challenge  long standing assumptions at the heart of the scientific method, particularly around transparency, interpretation, and the ability to interrogate how knowledge is generated.

 

This moment invites a critical reexamination of whether the scientific method, in its current form remains the most suitable framework for producing and verifying knowledge. At the same time, recent advances in artificial intelligence create new possibilities for modeling alternate knowledge systems and forms of intelligence in additionconventional human centered paradigms 

Purpose

The rise of artificial intelligence marks a profound shift in how knowledge is produced, processed, and understood in society. As Ai systems increasingly function as knowledge producers, they challenge  long standing assumptions at the heart of the scientific method, particularly around transparency, interpretation, and the ability to interrogate how knowledge is generated.

 

This moment invites a critical reexamination of whether the scientific method, in its current form remains the most suitable framework for producing and verifying knowledge. At the same time, recent advances in artificial intelligence create new possibilities for modeling alternate knowledge systems and forms of intelligence beyond conventional  human centered paradigms 

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Agenda

Please check back soon for the full agenda and set of invited guests

Day 3: Culturally Contextualized AI

Theme: How Do We Know Things in the Age of AI? And what is worth knowing?

Keynote: Coming Soon

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Featured Research Talks I: Knowledge Generation and Scientific Discovery

Panel: What's worth knowing in the age of AI?

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Workshops

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Day 1: Knowledge Generation

Theme: How Do We Know Things in the Age of AI? And what is worth knowing?

Keynote: Coming Soon

TBA

Featured Research Talks I: Knowledge Generation and Scientific Discovery

Panel: What's worth knowing in the age of AI?

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Workshops

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Day 2: Alternate Intelligence

Theme: Beyond current paradigms of artificial intelligence

Keynote: Coming Soon

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Featured Research Talks I: Knowledge Generation and Scientific Discovery

Panel: What's worth knowing in the age of AI?

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Workshops

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Call for Papers and Workshops

COMING SOON

Our Partners

This conference is sponsored by

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