Beyond productivity: The pursuit of purpose in the age of AI

*Please note this program includes brief discussion (at 1:13:03) of suicide and suicidal ideation as part of the conversation about ethical guardrails for LLM chatbots.*

Arguments about AI’s influence over the functioning of our society abound. While debates about efficiency, productivity, and regulation dominate, less attention has been paid to how AI is reshaping something more fundamental: the search for meaning and fulfillment in our lives. That may be the most important conversation of all.

Join us on September 29 at the Brookings Institution for a discussion on the pursuit of purpose in the age of AI. The event will feature Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brookings Senior Fellows Molly Kinder, Darrell West, and Rebecca Winthrop, as well as Julia Freeland Fisher, education director at the Christensen Institute, and Kyla Scanlon, author of “In This Economy? How Money & Markets Really Work.”

Together, we will explore how AI is altering our relationship with our work and sense of worth, revolutionizing the ways we form and nourish human connections, and redefining our sense of discovery and curiosity in an algorithm-driven culture.