Dave Edwards is a co-founder of the Artificiality Institute, a nonprofit research organization shaping the future human experience of AI—how it changes the way we think, who we become, and what it means to be human. We believe AI shouldn't just be safe or efficient. It should be worth it. Through story-based research, education, and community, we help people choose the relationship they want with machines—so they remain the authors of their own minds. He is extending his research as a Visiting Researcher at the UC Berkeley Center for Human-Compatible AI.

For over a decade, Dave has studied how AI transforms human lives, translating insights into new frameworks for human-AI symbiosis and designing human-centered AI. He previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai, an AI-focused market research firm, which was acquired by Atlantic Media. Dave’s experience includes shaping Apple’s most iconic creative software products and investing in next generation technologies as a venture capitalist at