Monday, October 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica
Monday, October 12th | 5PM – 6:30PM 18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 Free + Open to the Public This summer, AI systems repeatedly acted in ways their developers did not intend. An AI policy researcher, an AI adoption leader, a tech whistleblower, and a science fiction TV writer to examine what that means for tech, business, and the world, and why AI’s future is too important to leave to Sam, Dario, Jensen, Zuck and Elon. The panel includes time for active brainstorming on how to bring AI safety into your own practice. Panelists: Erika Cheung, Theranos whistleblower and Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship Dorothy Fortenberry, Emmy-nominated sci-fi writer; executive producer on “Extrapolations” and co-EP on “The Handmaid’s Tale” Zara Fatima Abdurahaman, AI safety researcher and policy analyst at RAND Anita Schillhorn van Veen, strategy executive and AI adoption consultant. Moderated by: Melissa Lo, co-founder of the Women’s AI Collective. A social worker with a PhD in the history of science, she has coordinated infrastructures of care at the City of Santa Monica and managed strategic field-building at the Getty Foundation. Organized by: Women’s AI Collective A new community of women in Los Angeles working to make AI safer. We bring together people from trust and safety, policy, tech, business, non-profits and the arts to turn conversations about AI risk into opportunities for change. This panel is our first public event. This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com. Please RSVP through Partiful: https://partiful.com/e/MnIJSGERNAsUeRhQilyQ?c=Yz1ku1d6.