What we’re about
Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh is “a secular congregation that celebrates life” with a mission to “live better, help often, and wonder more”. We are generally non-religious people that get together to listen to a talk, sing fun songs, and maybe have some refreshments. You can call it an “atheist church”, “humanist church”, or “secular community”—the labels are not important.
We host Assembly at 10 am on the 3rd Sunday of the month at the Wilkins School Community Center in Pittsburgh and virtually via Zoom. Assembly serves to leverage the positive power of learning, emotion, music and poetry, and just enjoying ourselves as a group. The assembly format is accessible to families with children and attracts a variety of ages. SAPgh also hosts other events throughout the month. Come check us out!
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Multimedia Meetup: The Empire of AI by Karen HaoNeeds location
Karen Hao, who has closely reported on the rise of the artificial intelligence industry, with a focus on Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. She compares the actions of the AI industry to those of colonial powers in the past. They, too, seize and extract precious resources to feed their vision of artificial intelligence: the work of artists and writers; the data of countless individuals posting about their experiences and observations online; the land, energy, and water required to house and run massive data centers and supercomputers. Taking a measured view, Hao raises questions about how AI is to be regulated to do the least harm, and comes at a time when the Republican Congress is attempting to block states from regulating AI for the next decade.
Other options rather than reading the book include watching either of these two interviews:
One hour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQCthF2vlY
Seventeen minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NzW3o8zFEc - Sunday Assembly PGH August: Our Outdoors with Adam Haritan of Learn Your Land!Frick Park Hollow, Pittsburgh, PA
NOTE OUTDOOR LOCATION FOR AUGUST: Frick Park Hollow
This month’s theme is Our Outdoors. We’ll be joined by Adam Haritan of Learn Your Land, a local nature educator. And, weather permitting, we’ll be meeting outdoors at Frick Park Hollow, a short, flat walk from the Parking Lot near the Lower Frick Park Play Area.
Bring folding chairs or blankets if you like, as we’ll be on the grass in the open!
If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll be at our regular space in the Wilkins School Community Center [7604 Charleston Ave, Pittsburgh (Swissvale), PA 15218], instead.
