7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100
New Albany, OH 43054
Friday 4/24/26, 10:45 am – 1:00 pm
Be ready to interact with our featured speaker, David Staley, and your fellow participants.
Please arrive at 10:45 am. Eat. Mingle. Make new friends.
What happens when artificial intelligence systems engage in dialogue? Join us for this TIGER Talk and find out!
This presentation by David J. Staley, PhD will report on a groundbreaking experiment: three Large Language Models (LLMs) brought together in conversation with David.
As the AI models interact with each other, they grapple with profound questions: What is insight? Can AI be creative? What constitutes consciousness? What role do assumptions play in cognition? What is responsibility? Drawing inspiration from ancient philosophical traditions, this experimental work pushes the boundaries of how we think about artificial intelligence.
Based on anthropologist David Graeber‘s observation that “real thought is almost entirely dialogic,” the presentation investigates whether LLMs in conversation with each other can achieve “dialogic artificial intelligence,” a path to artificial general intelligence.
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David J. Staley is a writer, designer, futurist, historian, presenter, educator, advisor, public intellectual, and has been described as an “avant garde scholar” and “eclectic academic.”
He is an Associate Professor in the departments of History and Design at The Ohio State University.
David is the author of several books, including:
- The AI Symposium
- Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education
- Knowledge Towns: Colleges and Universities as Talent Magnets
- Anticipatory Biographies: Personal Histories of the Future
- Visionary Histories, a collection of his essays about the future
David is the host of the “Voices of Excellence” podcast, and president of Columbus Futurists, a local think tank. In 2022 he was awarded “Best Freelance Writer” by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for his “Next” futures column with Columbus Underground.
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Like all TIGER Events, this talk is FREE.
10:45 am – Coffee, Snacks, & Socializing
11:15 am – Lunch & More Socializing
11:45 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (10 seconds please)
12:05 pm – Hand-off to David
1:00 pm – Wrap & Resume Socializing
