Human Augmentation Summit at MIT Media Lab | August 23 | Augmentation Lab

The LessWrong community is invited to join us on August 23, 2025, at the MIT Media Lab for a full-day summit exploring the frontiers of human potential. The 2025 Human Augmentation Summit is a gathering of creators—from innovative startups and global companies to independent researchers and artists—all shaping the future of the human condition.

​Expect a day packed with live demos, provocative talks from speakers like Andrés Gómez Emilsson (QRI), a live in-person Q&A from Stephen Wolfram, immersive exhibits, and hands-on tech experiences that push the boundaries of what it means to be human.

​🎙️ Speakers & Special Guests: Stephen Wolfram, Curt Jaimungal from Theories of Everything, Nataliya Kosmyna, Pat Pataranutaporn, hypnotist Albert Nerenberg, and more TBA!

​🧪 Want to Exhibit your Project, Artwork, Startup, or Research? Apply by August 15: https://​​forms.gle/​​ZwRoYKxv9v3LcYAZA

​📅 EVENT DETAILS

​🚀 What: 2025 Human Augmentation Summit & Exhibition
📆 When: 9 AM – 9 PM (+ Afterparty) | Saturday, August 23, 2025
📍 Where: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
👥 Who: Researchers, developers, artists, founders, futurists, and anyone curious about the augmented human future

Areas of exhibited work include:

• ​🧠 Intelligence: AI & Cognitive Augmentation

• ​🤖 Embodiment: Cyborgism, Cyber-Animism, Sensors & Bio-Interfaces

• ​🧬 Biology: Longevity, Genetics, Biotech, Biohacking

• ​🌐 Networks: Digital Civilization & Collective Intelligence

• ​🧘 Worldviews: Spiritual, Ethical & Civilizational Frames

• ​🛠️ Design & Ventures: Making it Real

• ​🌎 Complexity: Planetary Intelligence/​Computation & Simulated Futures

• ​🏛️ Governance: Power, Norms, and Control of Tech

• ​🌀 Consciousness: Subjectivity, Psychedelics, and Designing New Minds