Hoffman-Yee Symposium 2025: Introduction

The speaker welcomes attendees to HAI's Hoffman-Yee Symposium 2025, emphasizing HAI's goal of human-centered AI that benefits humanity broadly. The research program is interdisciplinary, focusing on human impacts, augmenting human capabilities, and developing next-generation AI inspired by human intelligence. The speaker, co-director of HAI, details the Hoffman-Yee grant program, a multi-year initiative investing in this research. The symposium will showcase the work of six interdisciplinary teams from the third cohort, each initially receiving $500,000, with three teams to be selected for an additional $2 million. The event will feature presentations on their year's work and future goals, with a poster session during lunch highlighting the second cohort's achievements. The speaker concludes by thanking Reid Hoffman and Michelle Yee for their contributions and introduces Vanessa Parley, Director of Research and Education Programs at HAI.