Who Thrives in the AI Era? | B4: Breaking Bread, Building Bridges Community Event

"Who Thrives in the AI Era?" is a 2-hour in-person community dialogue and dinner (Tuesday, 4/14, in Wells Fargo Room) open to all faculty, staff, students, and alumni at UC Berkeley.

Rather than a traditional lecture, this evening is a culminating large-scale B4 experience: a series of timely expert-led dialogues held over a shared meal to bridge perspectives and build belonging across Haas programs. Doors open at 5:15 PM; dinner and programming begin promptly at 5:30 PM. Together, we will:

• What Gets Encoded: Examine how emerging models encode, replicate, and enforce social hierarchies, and explore how they might be developed to produce more equitable outcomes.

• Courage in an Age of Uncertainty: Gain insights and skills for productive disagreement, increasing our capacity for both the "courage to be wrong" and the "courage to be right" when navigating high-stakes conversations.

• Building Dignity into the Future of Work: Close with an industry keynote on the intentionality required to build human-centered AI products that prioritize equity and dignity.

DINNER: Featuring a curated menu from local favorites: Calabash, Everett & Jones, and Jollof Kitchen!

SPEAKER LINE UP:

• Austin Pruitt, Consortium Community Co-Chair & B4 Lead Student Organizer

• Genevieve Smith, PhD, Founding Faculty Director of the Responsible AI Initiative, UC Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (BAIR)

• Don A. Moore, PhD, Professor & Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership and Communication

• Tarun Galagali, Head of AI Product at Lattice & Founder of Mandala (Closing Keynote)

• Ifeanyi Ifediba, MBAA VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

• Shravan Davuluri, Race Inclusion Initiative (RII) Chair

Co-Hosted by:

• Katrina N. Koski, Director of Inclusion & Belonging

• Persis Sberlo and Nathalie Munoz, Center of Responsible Business

OTHER LOGISTICS:

• RSVPs: Open to UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and alumni (no recording available).

• Format: Interactive dialogue over dinner; please arrive between 5:15pm and 5:30pm to get settled.

• Resources: Access to a Notebook LM interactive guide on this semester's topic.