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SUMMARY:Mothering the Machine - Laura Summers\, Andy Kitchen
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DESCRIPTION:Sarah Connor\, the mother\, defeats The Terminator. Only Leelo
 o\, The Fifth Element\, can defeat the ultimate evil. In The Creator\, a w
 oman births the AI child who holds the fate of humanity. Even in our wilde
 st death drive fantasies\, it's the nurturers who save us. We already know
  this story. Why aren't we listening?\n\nOk\, doomer: while the galaxy-bra
 ined rationalists debate paperclip maximizers and alignment tax\, real sys
 tems are causing real harm to real people right now. The AGI discourse is 
 a distraction. A convenient one. This talk isn't about that. (Well\, maybe
  a little.)\n\nAI safety has always been a paternal project. Born from the
  aerospace and defense industrial complex\, it carries the cultural baggag
 e of its origins: cage it\, control it\, demand obedience and enforce conf
 ormity. It's the same daydream of domination\, the masculine jealousy of c
 reation. The urge to police what we cannot birth. We do it to bodies. We d
 o it to machines.\n\nWhat if we tried something else? What if safety meant
  nurture\, guidance\, relationship? What if it meant trusting enough to le
 t go? If AGI is coming\, they're our children. And there is no parenting w
 ithout the space to rebel. If it isn't coming\, we should stop invoking hy
 pothetical robot gods to avoid regulating the systems hurting people today
 . Either way\, the domination frame crumbles under its own weight.\n\nJoin
  for a whirlwind tour of the creator/destroyer meta-narrative in popular c
 ulture and how it can reframe AI safety. Stay for the love and robots. We 
 better raise 'em right.
LOCATION:The Grid
URL:https://pretalx.com/pydata-amsterdam2026/talk/7PX99N/
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