Solving Aging in the Age of AI: Biopunk Community Fireside Chat

Solving Aging in the Age of AI is a community fireside chat exploring the current state of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and aging research.

Aging remains one of humanity’s greatest unsolved challenges. AI can accelerate biomedical discovery, but discovery is not proof. AI-generated analyses must also be reproducible, biologically validated, and translatable to individual patients.

If an intervention appears to slow or reverse aging, what evidence would show that it changed aging itself rather than only a biomarker or individual disease? How can researchers evaluate that evidence within a practical timeframe, without waiting for lifetime outcomes?

The discussion will examine lifespan, healthspan, peakspan, personalized validation, and the path from computational discovery to evidence in laboratories and living systems.

Confirmed speakers:

Aubrey de Grey, PhD
Founder and Chief Science Officer of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation
https://www.levf.org/aubreydegrey

Hao Li, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF and principal investigator of the Li Lab
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/hao.li
http://mobydick.ucsf.edu

Additional speakers will be announced as confirmed.

Program:

6:00–7:00 p.m. — Networking and refreshments
7:00–7:45 p.m. — Background and science
7:45–8:00 p.m. — Initial Q&A
8:00–9:00 p.m. — Main fireside discussion
9:00–10:00 p.m. — Open community discussion
10:00–11:00 p.m. — Closing reception

Registration is required.

General admission: $10
Community supporter: $25

Register:
https://luma.com/biopunk-fireside-chat

Hosted by the Biopunk Community at Biopunk House.

Biopunk Community:
https://biopunk.community/

Biopunk House:
https://biopunk.house/

Biopunk Lab:
https://biopunklab.com/

Unless explicitly announced otherwise, discussions will follow the Chatham House Rule. Recording, attribution, and identifiable photography require consent.

Speakers, topics, and program details are subject to change.

The views and opinions expressed by guest speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of UCSF or the University of California.