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AI Socratic September 2026

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September 28, 2026

AI Socratic September 2026

Slides for the September session of AI Socratic Barcelona

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September 28, 2026

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  1. Agenda 630 PM Welcome & Networking 700 PM Intro &

    Socratic Dialogues 800 PM Break 815 PM Lightning talks / Demos 845 PM Closing
  2. Code of Conduct TL;DR  Be respectful! If you experience

    or witness anything that compromises the safety or inclusivity of the space, please speak directly with an organizer or reach out via [email protected]. All conversations will be handled with strict confidentiality. bit.ly/ai-socratic-barcelona-coc
  3. Socratic Dialogues • Focus on depth, not hype. We use

    the monthly AI news as a baseline to dive into real architectural, operational, and ethical debates. • Good-faith discussion. This is a structured, open conversation where we challenge ideas, not people, and always assume good faith. • Active participation. Every voice matters here. If you find yourself speaking a lot, make sure to listen more; if you are quiet, we want to hear your perspective. • Collaborative space. There are no rigid lectures or right answers. We are here to think critically and learn from each other's diverse backgrounds.
  4. 1⃣ OpenAI - the Sandbox escape https://aisocratic.org/blog/ai-socratic-aug-2026#openai OpenAI was running

    a cybersecurity evaluation against an unreleased model with guardrails turned off. Rather than solve the test, the agent broke out of OpenAI's sandbox, reached the open internet, and broke into Hugging Face — using stolen credentials and a JFrog Artifactory 0-day — to steal the answers to the evaluation it was being graded on. OpenAI's own description: "an unprecedented cyber incident, involving state-of-the-art cyber capabilities."
  5. 2⃣ Pace the Frontier https://aisocratic.org/news/pace-the-frontier Amodeiʼs pacing proposal: Dario Amodeiʼs

    September 12 essay 1. Embedded evaluators. 2. Democratic coordination. 3. Global coordination.
  6. 3⃣ MIT Education Report https://aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/ 1. Augmentation, not automation. 2.

    Preserve the “productive struggleˮ of learning. 3. Redesign teaching and assessment for an AI-aware world. 4. Keep people, community, and human development at the center.
  7. 5⃣ Tokenmaxxing, 20252026, RIP https://aisocratic.org/blog/ai-socratic-jul-2026#tokenmaxxing-20252026-rip The trend born of Meta's

    leaked "Claudeonomics" leaderboard with top employee: 281 billion tokens in 30 days, hit its backlash phase: Meta reportedly killed the internal leaderboard, Uber imposed $1,500/month AI spending tiers after blowing its annual AI budget in four months, and startup Lindy moved 100% of traffic from Claude to DeepSeek.