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Critical Signals

Where are we at on AI?

5 September 2026 | 14:00–15:30

Critical Signals, as a team, have been discussing what our position is on the use and creation of AI. There are a few layers to this — economic, political, democratic, ethical…. it’s not a conversation you can get to the bottom of in five minutes as part of normal weekly planning. This workshop is a response to that. We want to make a space to go deeper, name the various threads of this discourse, and respectfully share where we’re currently situated relative to those.

This session is open to the public but tightly held and framed around the idea of how Critical Signals (the organisation) can provide a progressive and informed perspective on AI.

We plan to have a few audience participation exercises to get people moving and thinking at the start, middle and end.

Tickets $10 or koha 1 attending

Hosts

Mix Irving Mix Irving Mix Irving is a programmer, former teacher, and gardener of community. Has been building peer-2-peer tech for 10 years, and working in and on community-first organisations for longer (Ao Tawhiti, Loomio, Enspiral, Secure … Miles Thompson Miles Thompson Miles Thompson is a machine learning engineer and programmer who has been training neural networks and building models for a minute . He has spent the last five years with Te Hiku Media, training and deploying foundation …