May 11th 2026: AI Week NY Bohemian AI Salon

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Written By Michael Fiorentino

Event hosted by Ambistream and Pulse NYC as part of #AIWeekNY

Monday, May 11th, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT

The Magician: 118 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002, USA

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Event Description:

We're kicking off #AIWeekNY with some fun philosophical conversations! We will be discussing AI, ethics and culture in a salon format.

​On Monday May 11th, we're reviving that tradition. As artificial intelligence reshapes every dimension of human experience, we need spaces and events where technologists meet artists, where founders debate with philosophers, and where investors listen to academics. Just humans grappling together with the hardest questions of our time:

  • ​How do we build AI that reflects our values when we can barely agree what those values are?

  • ​What does creativity mean when machines can generate art?

  • ​Who profits from intelligence (artificial or human), and who bears the cost?

  • ​How do we preserve human agency in systems designed to predict and influence us?

​This event is designed to be a free-flowing conversation

  • ​Mix freely between artists challenging AI's creative claims, founders building ethical frameworks, investors betting on the future, and academics studying the implications

​You should come if you're:

  • ​Building AI systems and questioning your choices

  • ​Creating art and wondering about your medium's future

  • ​Funding technology and thinking beyond short term returns

  • ​Studying these shifts and craving real-world context

  • ​Simply curious and thoughtfully concerned

  • ​Come ready to listen as much as speak.

​Hosted By

​This salon is hosted by Ambistream, a social TV platform designing AI-native media formats for a more ethical digital future. We're building infrastructure for how content gets created, remixed, and monetized, with licensing systems that actually pay creators fairly, privacy frameworks that respect users, and compliance tools built for a fragmented regulatory landscape. We think the future of media needs to be built differently from the ground up, which is why we're gathering people who are asking hard questions about AI's role in culture, creativity, and commerce.

Location: The Magician, 118 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002, USA

This event is part of #AIWeekNY by Pulse NYC — a community-led festival celebrating innovation across the AI ecosystem. More at https://pulse.nyc/ai-week/

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