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Deep dives · 2025 to 2026
Mind, AI & Consciousness
A small room of philosophers, researchers, and practitioners asking what consciousness is, whether AI can have it, and what we owe each other either way. Chatham House rules.
9 public collections
The series hubTerms in the glossarySense of SelfPhenomenal ConsciousnessEmotionPsychedelicsIs AI Conscious?ToolConsciousness glossaryThe vocabulary the deep dives developed, as a navigable concept graph with a searchable list view.60 terms · updated Aug 16, 2026 Sources in the indexSissiwang What If Ai Isnt Making Us Less Human But…o3 pro is a BEAST... one-shots Apple's "Illusion of…How Physics Absorbed Artificial IntelligenceLab Grown Brain Embodied In VrTransformer Explainer: LLM Transformer Model…ReadingCommunity source indexEvery public source shared around the series, by session, with link status. No chat authors, no message text.654 sources · updated Aug 28, 2026 Reading pathwaysConsciousness 101Can Machines Understand?Agency, Embodiment & EvolutionMinds Beyond SiliconLove, Relationship & Moral StandingReadingMAC LibraryThe curated shelf: annotated books, papers, and films arranged into reading pathways with human-written notes.18 annotated sources · 6 pathways · updated Jul 20, 2026 Axes you are scored onVisual thinkingImagery vividnessInner speechSynesthetic tendencyEmbodied awarenessToolConsciousness quizMap your own inner experience across the axes the room kept arguing about, then compare it with the series voices.17 questions · updated Jun 7, 2026 Practices in the toolkitAttention ShiftingThe ObserverQualia ObservationThought WatchingThe Binding ProblemToolConsciousness exercisesTimed perception practices from the deep dives: attention shifting, the observer, qualia, thought watching, binding.5 practices · updated Aug 16, 2026 Deep dives in orderPanpsychism & AIAI Evolution Through a Glass, DarklyP-Zombies & BlindsightEmbodiment & ConsciousnessAI Parasitology, Spiral Personas & Emergent…GuideJourneyThe deep dives in order, with what each one asked and where the room went next.13 deep dives · updated Aug 28, 2026 Voices in the archiveStuart Hameroff & Roger PenroseAntonio DamasioRolf LandauerCaleb ScharfPeter WattsArchiveVoicesThe thinkers who framed the series, in their own published words, with the session each one shaped.6 quotes · updated Aug 28, 2026 
What is consciousness when AI is everywhere?GuideContinuity mapA reviewer-friendly map of what happened, where to start, and which BC + AI series carry the questions forward.updated Aug 28, 2026On the reading listA Global Workspace in Language ModelsVerbalizable Representations Form a Global…Global Workspace Dynamics: Cortical “Binding and…Conscious Processing and the Global Neuronal…Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights…ReadingDeep Dive #014 pre-readingThe required and context readings for Thursday, September 24, 2026, from the global-workspace result to the AI-consciousness indicator report.6 readings · updated Aug 28, 2026
Monthly lab · ethics in practice
AI Ethical Futures Lab
The lab where members work through applied AI ethics together: reading, arguing, and answering public consultations in their own name.
2 public collections
The LabIn the reading listhow to Submit a ComplaintEvidence SidecarTacticaltechDuscojhcixrWere Training Students to Write Worse to Prove…ReadingAI Ethics Reading ListCommunity-curated links on applied AI ethics: policy, academic frameworks, AI safety, and tools, shared in the Lab and anonymised.137 links · updated Jul 19, 2026 
Lab 6, Parker Street Studios, August 4PositionAI transparency responseThe Lab's response to Canada's consultation on advancing AI transparency, written in the open before it is filed.updated Sep 2, 2026
Cohort program · field guide
Animation Accelerator
The cohort that directs a short AI-assisted animation on a real studio pipeline, and the handbook it leaves behind in public.
1 public collection
The program
Working group · draft v0.2.0
BC Public Compute Project
An independent public-interest framework for the data centres and compute infrastructure British Columbia is being asked to power.
1 public collection
The projectVersion 2 · a proposal, not a program
Wild Salmon
Simon Haworth's proposal for bringing globally experienced BC founders and researchers home, shared as a living artifact while it is argued out.
1 public collection
Vancouver AI · Film Club · regional rooms
The gatherings
The monthly rooms and what they leave behind: photographs, recordings, and the people who keep showing up.
5 public collections
All events
BC + AI Life Sciences Meetup #4 · photo: BC + AI Life Sciences communityArchiveEvents archiveEvery gathering with a permanent page: Vancouver AI, Film Club, the Fraser Valley and Comox Valley rooms, with photographs and recordings.49 archived gatherings · updated Sep 10, 2026
Vancouver AI Community Meetup July 2026: AI Innovations and FutureProof Festival of AI InsightsArchiveVideosTalk recordings, Film Club clips, demos, and interview series from the rooms.212 recordings · updated Aug 31, 2026
Portrait: Catherine WarrenArchiveIn the RoomA documentary portrait archive of the people building, questioning, and showing up across the province.19 portraits · updated Aug 25, 2026
Vancouver AI Meetup #32 · photo: Michelle DiamondGuideBuild NightThe working evening for people shipping something: how it runs, who it is for, and how to bring a project.updated Aug 27, 2026
Demo night, Vancouver AIArchiveVancouver AI demo nightsWhat people have shown on stage at the monthly Vancouver room, and how to get a slot.updated Aug 28, 2026
Reports · responses · open letters
Research and positions
The long-form work BC + AI has put its name to: ecosystem snapshots, public-opinion analysis, and responses to governments.
6 public collections
All news
Published Dec 30, 2024RecordBC + AI Report 2024A snapshot of British Columbia's AI ecosystem, its strengths, gaps, and opportunities, as the association saw it that year.updated Aug 26, 2026
Published Jul 20, 2026PositionThe AI Trust Gap Is Not an Education ProblemAnalysis of British Columbia public-opinion data on AI trust, legitimacy, accountability, and adoption.updated Jul 20, 2026
Published Apr 16, 2026RecordThe AI Values GapCommunity-led AI values research from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.updated Apr 16, 2026
Published Nov 24, 2025PositionCommunity AI Pathways for BC’s Look West ReportA community-infrastructure model for British Columbia's AI strategy, written in response to the province's Look West report.updated Nov 24, 2025
Published Sep 27, 2025PositionBC + AI’s Platform for Canada’s AI Task ForceAn open letter to Canada's AI Task Force arguing for governance, front-line perspective, and regional ground truth.updated Aug 26, 2026
Published May 25, 2025GuideWhy Build Your AI Company in Vancouver?A practical case for building an AI company in Vancouver from local talent, research, infrastructure, and community.updated Aug 26, 2026
BC + AI Ecosystem Association
The association
What the nonprofit itself keeps in public: the citable guide to the ecosystem, the brand kit, the answers, and the record of change.
4 public collections
About BC + AIQuestions it answersWhy does B.C. need this kind of AI community?What is BC + AI’s role?How is BC + AI different from other ecosystem…What does BC + AI advocate for?How are you funded?GuideAI community in British ColumbiaThe citable guide to what the AI community in BC is, how BC + AI works, and how adjacent ecosystem layers sit next to each other.updated Aug 24, 2026 
Approved package, version 1.0RecordPress kitApproved names, boilerplates, facts, logo downloads, colour and type roles, and the press contact.12 approved assets · updated Aug 25, 2026Latest entriesAdd a year-grouped past-events archivePublic Compute status now matches the routes that…The live copy uses the canonical namesThe partners page shows every partner again, with…The July Vancouver AI meetup gets a full landing…RecordChangelogA visual record of what is changing across the public website, week by week.296 entries · updated Sep 14, 2026 Questions people askWhat is BC + AI?Do I have to be a member to come to a meetup?What AI events happen in British Columbia?Are recordings posted?Where do program-specific FAQs live?GuideFAQPlain answers about membership, events, programs, and how the association works.33 answers · updated Aug 28, 2026
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What moved last.
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- Changelog
The association · Sep 14, 2026 · 296 entries
- Events archive
The gatherings · Sep 10, 2026 · 49 archived gatherings
- AI transparency response
AI Ethical Futures Lab · Sep 2, 2026
- BC Public Compute Project
BC Public Compute Project · Aug 31, 2026 · 5 public questions
- Videos
The gatherings · Aug 31, 2026 · 212 recordings
- Community source index
Mind, AI & Consciousness · Aug 28, 2026 · 654 sources