Human Augmentation Summit at MIT Media Lab | August 23 | Augmentation Lab
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- 23 August 2025, 1:00 pm—24 August 2025, 1:00 am
- MIT Media Lab, Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA, USA
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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
I wish I could attend, but cannot being on the West Coast. I would be extremely interested and appreciative if an attendee(s) could provide some of their experience and impressions afterward. Also, if materials distributed at the summit can be available as well that would be awesome. I might see what can find from websites of the exhibitors now, as a primer to share.
Thanks,