Save Our Seeds

Artificial intelligence is no longer just transforming apps, office work, or search engines. It is increasingly beginning to reshape agriculture, food systems, biology, labour, and even living organisms themselves. Yet these developments are rarely discussed together.

This meetup series, hosted by together with people from the AI, science, environmental and civil society communities, creates space for exactly these conversations.

Save Our Seeds is an international initiative working to protect seed diversity, GMO-free agriculture, and democratic oversight of new genetic engineering technologies. We work at the intersection of science, policy, public debate, and civil society engagement, with a strong focus on the social and ecological implications of emerging technologies in food and agriculture.

Through this event series, we want to connect people who would not usually meet in the same room: AI researchers, technologists, environmentalists, scientists, artists, activists, farmers, policy thinkers, students, and curious citizens.

Together, we explore questions such as:

– How is AI changing agriculture and food systems?
– What happens when biology becomes programmable?
– Who benefits from technological progress — and who carries the risks?
– How is the convergence of AI and genetic engineering reshaping society?

• How should society respond when AI, automation, and genetic engineering begin to converge?
  – And how can citizens meaningfully participate in shaping these developments?

We believe these conversations should not happen only inside tech companies, research institutions, or political circles. They belong in public spaces and should be accessible across disciplines and backgrounds - no technical expertise required.

Our events combine talks, discussions, storytelling and open exchange. The goal is neither blind techno-optimism nor fear-driven narratives, but informed, critical, and constructive dialogue about the futures we are collectively building.

Currently based in Berlin — open to everyone curious enough to join the conversation.