tbd/con
2026
the future of ai is tbd.
so is everything else.
a conference for people who have more questions than answers.
ai is being built, broken, reported on, regulated, and resisted, often by people who never talk to each other. tbd/con is where those conversations happen. this is an interdisciplinary virtual gathering for researchers, hackers, journalists, policy people, and builders who believe the most important questions about ai are still wide open.
what's tbd
who ai actually serves
what it does to information ecosystems
whether safety and openness can coexist
how technologists, journalists, researchers, and hackers work together
what comes next
the sessions reflect that: talks that end with open questions. workshops where you build something and fail and learn from that. office hours where you argue with an expert. a midway where you wander into something you didn't expect.
verticals
thought
philosophy, ethics, and the long-term impact of synthetic agency on human cognition.
information
truth, propaganda, and the shifting architecture of digital public squares.
security
adversarial AI, breaking models, responsible disclosure, and the arms race between offense and defense.
practice
the mechanics of building: architectures, data curation, and engineering at scale.
garage
wild prototypes, failed experiments, and the weird stuff happening in the margins.
how it works
all virtual.
all on gather.town.
talks
unsolved theories
demos
raw prototypes
workshops
collaborative failure
panels
civil disagreement
office hours
expert critique
the midway
random encounters
when
late september 2026
exact date tbd.
where
gather.town
virtual campus. accessible anywhere.
access
sliding scale
tickets release q1 2026.
got a question worth 30 minutes?
we are looking for talks that end with open questions. technical depth, social critique, and wild prototypes welcome.
if you came here looking for certainty, you're in the wrong place.
the 2026 advisory board
the advisory board selects the tracks and shapes the discourse. we are looking for researchers, hackers, journalists, and critics. apply to join the 2026 council.