Berkman Klein's Fall Speaker Series

Building on the success of the Spring Speaker Series, BKC's Fall Speaker Series featured a wide range of academics, industry experts, and tech professionals sharing cutting-edge research and ideas on collective intelligence, AI, and much more.

This weekly series took place at the Berkman Klein Center’s offices in Cambridge, MA, and virtually via Zoom on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30 PM ET.

September 24, 2025

What Is Intelligence? Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds

Blaise Agüera y Arcas, VP, Google

October 1, 2025

Belief, Uncertainty, and Truth in Language Models

Jacob Andreas, Associate Professor, MIT

October 22, 2025

Automating Content Policy

Dave Willner, Cofounder, Zentropi

November 5, 2025

AI Triad: A Dialogue Across Differences

Jason Crawford, Founder, Roots of Progress

Amba Kak, Co-Executive Director, AI Now Institute

Brian McGrail, Policy Lead and Senior Counsel, Center for AI Safety Action Fund

November 12, 2025

The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability

Ashley Deeks, Vice Dean, University of Virginia School of Law

November 19, 2025

How to be the Superintelligence You’ve Been Waiting For

E. Glen Weyl,  Founder and Research Lead, Microsoft Research’s Plural Technology Collaboratory