age : AI
Friday October 3rd 2025 at
AgeAI-Q3-2025
Humanity's Last Exam
Join us for a fast-paced, non-technical journey through the year’s most exciting (and often overwhelming) AI breakthroughs – Current to the week!
From autonomous reasoning agents and global AI geopolitics to parenting tech that designs allergen introduction schedules, meal plans, and home makeovers, we’ll explore how AI is transforming the way we live, work, create, and care for our families. You’ll see how software is becoming deeply personal, how automation is becoming event-driven, and how robotics is evolving toward more human-centered roles.
We’ll also tackle the pace of change – and the uncertainty it brings. This talk is designed to replace anxiety with clarity by offering context, practical examples, and live insights that make AI understandable, accessible, and even empowering.
Whether you’re AI-curious, cautiously optimistic, or just want to make sense of what’s next – this session will inform, reassure, and inspire.
Discussion Topics
Debate of Reason: AI’s Critical Conversations
AI is no longer just an assistant—it’s a participant in debate, critique, and ethical decision-making. This session will dive into how AI-powered reasoning agents facilitate nuanced discussions, from policy and ethics to complex problem-solving. We’ll explore how debating with AI might shape public discourse, decision-making, and the evolution of collective human thought.
The Spectrum of Privacy: Navigating the New Norm
In an era of pervasive data collection, understanding privacy is crucial. This discussion examines privacy with AI not as a binary state but as a spectrum. We’ll investigate AI-driven surveillance, personal data ecosystems, anonymization techniques, and how new tools are redefining individual and corporate responsibility around privacy. Even encrypted data is being stored, waiting to be one day decrypted.
Vibe and Taste: AI in Creative Content
The lines between creators, consumers, and AI are blurring. Learn how advanced video models enabling artists and marketers alike to generate hyper-personalized and aggressively-engaging content driven by vibes, tastes, and cultural shifts. We’ll explore how AI understands context, creates compelling visuals and stories, and tailors content experiences uniquely suited to individual audiences.
Marketing in 2025: AI-Powered Strategies
Discover how AI is reshaping marketing, from predictive analytics and real-time campaign adaptation to personalized omnichannel outreach. Explore how AI-driven insights and automation are enabling marketers to anticipate trends, optimize customer journeys, and significantly boost ROI in increasingly dynamic markets.
The Cost of Chaos: AI and Information Overload
In our AI-driven information economy, chaos is expensive. This session investigates the hidden costs of digital chaos—misinformation, rapid obsolescence, fragmented communications—and how intelligent systems can restore order, filter noise, and streamline processes, protecting both human attention and economic productivity.
Change Trauma: Adapting to AI Disruption
Rapid technological shifts create “change trauma” for organizations and individuals. We’ll discuss AI’s role in causing and solving these disruptions, strategies for easing transitions, and how to build resilience. Learn how AI-powered tools are turning disruption into opportunities for growth.
The End of Disease: AI in Medicine
With breakthroughs in protein folding and innovative human trials, AI is transforming medicine. This session highlights how AI-powered biotechnology is moving us closer to eradicating diseases. We’ll discuss AlphaFold’s protein modeling, personalized medicine advances, and the latest trials in gene editing and AI-assisted therapies.
How to Talk to AI: Tips that aren’t taught
Communication with AI has evolved beyond basic commands. Explore advanced techniques including structured data exchanges (JSON, Markdown), conversational UI/UX principles, and the latest advancements in voice interaction. Attendees will learn how sophisticated interactions lead to more powerful, precise outcomes.
Will China Win?: AI’s Global Power Shift
Explore why China is poised for AI leadership through energy-efficient infrastructure, targeted investments, and strategic talent acquisition. Contrast this with challenges faced by Western nations, examining inefficiencies, economic froth, and immigration policies affecting talent retention. A compelling look at AI’s geopolitical stakes.
Home & Parenting Tech: AI for Everyday Life
From designing an allergen introduction schedule for your baby to staging your dream living room, AI is becoming an indispensable household partner. In this session, Kim showcases some of the most impressive real-world use cases—complete with a live app build—that make parenting, cooking, and daily life more streamlined and inspired. Discover how AI can plan meals, generate grocery lists, design workouts, suggest outfits, and bring creative home projects to life.
Future of Software: Live App Generation
Explore the cutting-edge capabilities of live app generation, where apps are dynamically built and deployed in real-time based on immediate user needs and feedback. This revolutionary development process democratizes software creation, making it accessible, intuitive, and infinitely adaptable.
AGI Explained: Humanity’s Last Exam
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) represents humanity’s most profound technological challenge and opportunity. Delve into concepts surrounding AGI, Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI), Universal Basic Income (UBI), and Universal Basic Capital (UBC). Understand what achieving AGI means, the ethical implications, and how humanity must prepare for a world shaped by truly intelligent machines.
Samuel Hebeisen
Founder
Mind Model AI Inc
Kimberly Hebeisen
Event MC
Mind Model AI Inc
Emily Tell
CEO & Founder IdeaTilt Inc.LinkedIn | TheEmilyTell
Bio
Chris May
Technologist, ConsultantBio
Chris May has spent more than 30 years building and leading businesses at the crossroads of small business, technology, and operations. Formally educated in electronic engineering, network engineering, systems architecture, sales and marketing, and business operations, he has combined technical expertise with entrepreneurial drive throughout his career.
He has founded and grown multiple small service companies, and as a consultant, has supported more than 300 small businesses and local governments in streamlining operations through digital workflows. His work spans information systems, technology project management, client onboarding, and workflow consulting, with a recent focus on office automation and AI-powered productivity tools.
An entrepreneur from the outset, Chris has built brick-and-mortar service businesses, developed original technology products, and pursued several tech startup ventures. Today, he brings this experience back to public speaking as a form of community service, returning to the stage after a two-decade hiatus.
A committed Rotarian, Chris has always integrated community support into both his professional and personal life. Away from work, he is usually hiking with his dogs and steadily working through a personal list of mountain summits, more than 100 in Canada and Mexico, with a few more recently in Costa Rica and Spain.
The Venue
Located within the dynamic co-working environment of YourSandboX at 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Mind Model AI Inc. has established its new headquarters. YourSandboX offers a hybrid working space designed to foster collaboration and business growth, providing many amenities including a 100-seat theatre.
Situated adjacent to the Grand River, this vibrant setting aligns seamlessly with Mind Model AI Inc.’s commitment to innovation and transparency, as they continue to develop AI-driven solutions that enhance productivity and demystify artificial intelligence for businesses.
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The age:AI seminar is designed to showcase how artificial intelligence can easily be integrated into everyday life. It features engaging talks, practical demonstrations, and opportunities to connect with others interested in exploring AI’s potential. With a focus on the latest and greatest AI innovations, this session ensures you stay ahead of the curve, so you don’t fall behind in this rapidly evolving landscape.
This seminar is perfect for small business owners, curious minds, and anyone who wants to see how AI can easily fit into everyday life and help businesses grow. We’ll focus on how simple it really is to start using AI to make tasks easier and more efficient.
Currently, the seminar is an in-person event. However, we are exploring virtual options for future events. Stay tuned for updates!
All ticket purchases are final. However, if you are unable to attend, you may transfer your ticket to another person by contacting us prior to the event.
The proceeds from ticket sales will be used to cover event expenses, including the venue, Interactive AI stations, light snacks, and refreshments. While the event is designed to break even, it is highly unlikely to turn a profit. In the event of any surplus, the proceeds will be donated to sponsorascholar.ca
Tickets
Past Events
On April 26, 2025 at the Yoursandbox Theatre in the PB Coldwell Banker building in Kitchener, the event opened with a two-hour ChatGPT boot camp, giving attendees hands-on experience with new tools like deep research and voice. Demonstrations followed, including the rise of robots, agentic-orchestrated live AI analysis of the Kitchener Rangers’ upset wins, Even Reality’s G1 AI glasses, and OpenAI ChatGPT Pro’s operator. Speakers also shared applied use cases, from traffic collision detection to AI-powered marketing.
Held on December 12, 2024, from 6 PM to 9 PM at the iconic Den 1880 in Waterloo, the group dove deeper into AI’s evolving landscape. The event featured advanced Voice demo with Santa Claus, an interactive session on building custom applications using Claude Artifacts, and a deep dive into the mechanics of large language models. A key focus was the risks of AI adoption and the importance of understanding its limitations. Read More Here
On June 7, 2024, from 7 PM to 11 PM at 2 Orion St, Makati, an AI event showcased advancements in local inference with NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX, multi-modality interfaces, and the risks of rapid AI adoption. It introduced 4omni, a free AI, and unveiled its latest feature, Voice, just a day after release. The event also covered AGI’s future, RAG opportunities, Agentic Workflows, and scalable image generation. Read More Here