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The Discuss Our Future Meetup
Every month, a group of people gather online to talk honestly about what AI is doing to society — and what we can do about it. No product pitch. No agenda. Just people figuring this out together.
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Next session
Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 10:00 am AEST
Time alternates monthly for different time zones
Where
Online via Jitsi
Open-source, no account needed, no tracking
Link sent after registration
Cost
Free
Always will be
Special Events
In addition to our monthly meetup, we occasionally run focused sessions on specific topics.
When the Rules Change: AI, Work, and Who Captures the Benefit
Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 10:00 am AEST
Unemployment is stable. Entry-level jobs are quietly disappearing. And beneath both of those facts sits a question our economic system has never had to answer before.
What we'll cover
- 📊 What the data shows: entry-level job hollowing and why unemployment figures don’t capture it
- ⚙️ Automation vs augmentation: why how AI is deployed matters more than whether it is
- 🧱 The two-tier economy: skills that complement AI — and their limits
- 🎰 The capitalism question: who captures the benefit when human labour becomes optional?
- 🌱 Two possible futures: what the optimistic path actually requires
Presented by Charlie Garrison
Register — it's free →What happens at a meetup?
A brief update on what's changed
We start with what’s happened in AI since the last meetup — the things that matter, explained clearly. No jargon, no assumption you’re a technical person.
A focused topic or question
Each session has a theme. Past topics have included: how AI is changing knowledge work, what community resilience looks like, and how to think about AI without the hype or the doom.
Open discussion
This is the part people keep coming back for. Questions, challenges, personal experiences from different industries and countries. A real conversation, not a presentation.
Past Events
A record of our community in action. Where a slideshow is available, you can browse it below.
Monthly Sessions
Discuss Our Future
15 April 2026
Discuss Our Future
18 March 2026
Discuss Our Future
18 February 2026
…plus 1 earlier session running since January 2026