Summary
The opening framed Scriptorium’s two-day Amsterdam gathering as a working community designed to help communications professionals make sense of AI’s unknowns, test where the boundaries are, and decide how much of the technology they want to allow into professional practice. After some initial microphone and setup issues, the host welcomed attendees on behalf of the Scriptorium team at the TCS base facilities, introduced the expanded eight-person team, and pointed participants toward Moa and Julia for logistics. The host also explained that the full session would be recorded because “in AI world, you need memory,” with the recordings used for a post-conference report under Chatham House-style rules: names and attributable quotes would not be used in the report.
Key Topics
5 key topics from this session at Scriptorium Initiative Conference 2026. Thicker branches were mentioned more often in the talk.
Key Takeaways
- Use recordings to create shared memory without attributing participant quotes.
- Ask logistics questions early so the programme can keep pace.
- Share event posts to help spread the working community’s reach.
- Challenge AI boundaries with curiosity, skepticism, and professional judgment.
- Engage with labs to see current AI experiments firsthand.
“Scriptorium is about making sense of the unknown.”