BGI Nexus Working Groups - The Kickoff Session
Join us for the first working-group meetup in the BGI Nexus community. This kickoff session launches a series of practical, collaborative working groups focused on guiding and governing AGI toward beneficial outcomes for humanity.
The BGI Nexus working groups are built for people who want to move from conversation to coordinated action. We'll start with a brief framing and then spend most of our time in facilitated breakout rooms, working together on concrete questions, emerging projects, and next steps.
This session is the starting point for ongoing collaboration. After the kickoff, the groups will continue meeting regularly, with space for new initiatives to form and evolve. We'll also host quarterly larger community meetups like this one to share progress, align across groups, and welcome new contributors.
Initial Working Group Topics
For this kickoff:
AGI for Human Flourishing / Nurturing & Governing AGI
How can AGI genuinely support human wellbeing, creativity, and shared flourishing? This group explores ways of raising emerging intelligence rather than only controlling it… developing practical governance ideas, guardrails, and supportive conditions for beneficial AGI.
The Consciousness Revolution
A space to explore how evolving intelligence connects with consciousness in humans, collectives, and synthetic systems. We'll touch on inner development, meaning, awareness, and what changes as human and machine minds begin to interact more deeply.
Proactionary vs Precautionary Approaches to AGI
How bold is too bold, and how cautious is too cautious? This group examines where courage, care, risk, and responsibility meet; and works toward a sensible path forward for AGI development and deployment.
What to Expect
- A short opening overview to set context
- Breakout rooms by topic with guided prompts
- Collaborative working time oriented toward real outputs
- Clear next steps and pathways to continue after the session
- Ben will be joining and participating in the working groups
This kickoff brings together the wider BGI Nexus community alongside key voices in the space such as Ben Goertzel and Mihaela Ulieru for a practical, collaborative start to the working groups. Expect a grounded mix of shared context and hands-on breakout work, with plenty of room to shape what we build together next!
Event Details
- Date & Time
- Tuesday, December 2, 2025
- Location
- Zoom (link sent to registered attendees)
- Facilitators
- Ben Goertzel, Mihaela Ulieru