Public Dialogues

YHouse continues its program of lectures, events, and conversations on exciting and provocative topics at a number of venues around New York City.

Consciousness Club NYC

YHouse invites you to the Consciousness Club, a study group to promote broadly transdisciplinary discussions on the neural and computational bases of consciousness, and how these concepts can be applied to other fields of interest. Our weekly meetings are for you if you are into awareness, science, technology, philosophy, art, and design.

For more information and meeting schedule, check out our Facebook page, or tune in to our Twitter updates.

Although the meetings are open to all, we encourage technical and scientific discussions for this series of meetings.

Cognition Lunch Salon

YHouse continues to organize informal Lunch Salon events hosted by the Program in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, N.J., West Building Seminar Room, 2nd floor. The format is an informal chat, followed by longer open-ended discussions among the participants, on the topic of consciousness and cognition. This event is by invitation only. To request an invitation, please email us at info@yhousenyc.org

  • Caveat (map)
  • 21 A Clinton Street
  • New York, NY, 10002
  • United States

Chasing Consciousness: Quantum Computing, AIs, and Us

Want to know what quantum computing really is? Could a quantum computer actually outstrip all known digital computers and build a better AI? Can a quantum computer become conscious? Who knows how to write algorithms for a quantum machine? What is quantum mechanics anyway and why is it such a beautiful headache?

Join acclaimed science journalist and author George Musser and YHouse co-founder and scientist Caleb Scharf as they struggle and sweat over these questions and more. If you've ever wanted a beginner’s guide to quantum physics, quantum computers, and one possible future for AI, then this is your lucky evening! Get your wavefunction over to Caveat.

The speakers:
George Musser is an award-winning journalist and scientist whose books The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory and Spooky Action at a Distance have received numerous accolades. 

Caleb Scharf is the Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University and author of popular science books such as The Copernicus Complex and The Zoomable Universe.

Event starts at 6:00pm sharp (doors open at 5:30pm).
Tickets $15.
21+

Purchase tickets here: http://caveat.nyc/event/chasing-consciousness-quantum-computing-ais-and-us4-10-18