Artificial Intelligence
Academic Area
Understanding how intelligent systems are built, trained, evaluated, and governed.
Thinking About Thinking supports rigorous, interdisciplinary inquiry into artificial intelligence and machine learning, from foundational theory to real-world deployment.
This focus area brings together researchers, engineers, and practitioners working across artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer science, data science, robotics, and related fields. Our aim is to build shared understanding, surface open problems, and strengthen the intellectual infrastructure needed to study and shape intelligent systems responsibly.
We are particularly interested in questions that sit between disciplines: how learning systems generalize, how they interact with human institutions, how they should be evaluated, and how technical decisions shape social outcomes.
Core Questions We Explore
How do modern learning systems generalize, reason, and fail?
How should AI systems be evaluated, interpreted, and compared?
What are the limits of current machine learning paradigms?
How do technical systems interact with human cooperation, institutions, and governance?
Upcoming Events
CONFERENCES
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are core themes across our flagship events.
At our AE Global Summits, we convene researchers, builders, and policymakers to examine Open Problems in AI research, infrastructure, applications, and governance.
At our Conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI we explore the deeper mathematical and computational foundations of learning and intelligence, often in dialogue with neuroscience and cognitive science.
AE Global Summit
Artificial Intelligence, Startup and the future of Society
November 2026
London, United Kingdom
neuroMonster
Neuroscience, Machine Learning, and the Mathematics of Intelligence
June 2026
Rome, Italy
Recordings - Coming Soon
We publish recordings of talks, panels, and seminars to make serious thinking about artificial intelligence and machine learning accessible beyond the conference hall.
ThAT Ambassador Programme
The Thinking About Thinking Ambassador Programme is an open, application-based pathway for students and early stage career researchers who want to take part in serious, interdisciplinary conversations about intelligence.
Ambassadors support Thinking About Thinking’s conferences, workshops, and community initiatives, helping to extend thoughtful dialogue across universities, disciplines, and countries. The programme is designed for people who care deeply about ideas, collaboration, and building intellectual communities.
Outstanding Ambassadors who demonstrate sustained contribution, leadership, and intellectual engagement may be invited into the Thinking About Thinking Fellowship, a private, invitation-only programme for long-term contributors.
