Upcoming Workshop on Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria

David Duvenaud
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:51:44 GMT

This is an announcement and call for applications to the 3rd Workshop on Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria taking place in Lighthaven, Berkeley, on May 23rd & 24th, 2026.

Speakers so far:

Paul Christiano on "A typical, reasonably-good future"

Samuel Hammond on "Post-AGI Statecraft"

Andrew Critch on "Schelling Goodness"

David Dalrymple on “The Flourishing Coalition”

Michael Muthukrishna on "Cultural Evolution and Alignment"

David Krueger on "The Mechanics of Pausing AGI"

Seb Krier on "Coasian Bargaining at Scale"

Sean Lavelle on "AGI and Military Strategic Instability"

Anton Leicht, on "The Permanent Periphery"

Ajeya Cotra (tentative) topic TBD

If we develop AGI, what happens next? What good stable states might we hope to reach, and what should we be doing now to prepare? This workshop brings together thinkers from machine learning, economics, political science, sociology, and more to answer an increasingly pressing question: what assumptions about civilization will AGI break, and how can we be ready to fix them?

This iteration of the workshop will focus in particular on the following themes:

Political economy

How can our political systems adapt to a world where humans are no longer necessary? What does the equilibrium look like? Are there equilibria which preserve non-competitive human values?

The role of AI

What roles might AIs take on in society? How will they think about themselves? What does it look like for AIs to be independent economic actors? What forces will shape their dispositions?

Cultural and moral change

Where will AI values and beliefs come from? What happens when humans aren't the only source of ideas? Are there convergent notions of "goodness", and what do they mean for digital beings?

For more information, see the event website or fill out the expression of interest form.

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