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Other Intelligence is a new conference on the intersection of ecology, technology, & culture.
AI dominates the conversation, but other forms of intelligence have always surrounded us. This conference widens that frame by bringing AI into contact with animal communication, plant intelligence, biomaterials, ecological sensing, rights of nature, & new models of the physical world.
How can our understanding of nonhuman intelligence change the way we build technology? And how can new tools open new possibilities in ecology, conservation, & interspecies communication?
Other Intelligence brings together researchers, artists, designers, entrepreneurs, technologists, legal thinkers, & cultural workers for a midsummer summit in New York City.
Themes:
Bioacoustics: Can technology help us hear the living world? From biodiversity monitoring to interspecies communication, scientists & artists are using sound to study animals & ecosystems. This session brings together researchers & practitioners developing new ways to listen.
New Matter: Seaweed, mycelium, chitosan, & agricultural waste are becoming the basis for new materials. This session looks at the entrepreneurs & designers rethinking the built & manufactured world through biomaterials, circular systems, & post-plastic design.
Designing with (and for) Nonhumans: What happens when design no longer begins & ends with human users? Looking at AI, environmental sensing, animal collaboration, landscape, architecture, & product design, this session asks how design changes when the client, collaborator, or beneficiary is not only human.
Rights of Nature: Can a river speak for itself? Can a mountain be a legal person? Rights of nature is an expanding legal & political field that asks how institutions might represent the living world, & what obligations we owe to the places & beings that sustain us.
World Models: What does it mean to simulate a world? Researchers working in machine learning, climate modeling, Earth systems, robotics, & spatial intelligence are building new ways to model physical reality. This session looks at what these tools make visible, what they miss, & how they may shape climate science & policymaking.
Details:
Where: NYC, location TBA
When: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Pitch a Session or Activation:
Interested in participating, speaking, or sponsoring? Apply here https://forms.gle/qA96HUxv2By9sB8V6 or get in touch: alec@otherintelligence.org
This conference is in active development, & themes & descriptions may change.
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