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Ehud Lamm is a philosopher and historian of biology. He is the Director of the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the head of the department of History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas. He is President of the Israeli Society for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science. Prof. Lamm’s research focuses on systems of heredity, the theory of natural selection, and the relationship between cultural evolution and the evolution of human cognitive capacities. He teaches on the interface between science and society and on philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence, pseudoscience, the social construction of ignorance, and misinformation. His current research examines the psychological and evolutionary characteristics of human groups and their implications for understanding collective knowledge, social polarization, and related phenomena.

Mónica Broido is Head of Writing Programs and Head of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) at the Division of Languages at Tel Aviv University. The writing programs include academic and scientific communication for PhD students in various faculties and the Center for Language Excellence, where students and faculty are tutored individually. In addition, she is Deputy Chair of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of English for Purposes of International Communication. Her research interests include: writing pedagogy, writing with AI, and the nexus between academia and industry.

Carmel L. Vaisman is a digital culture researcher and lecturer at Tel Aviv University and The Shecter Institute for Jewish Studies, with a specific interest in the posthuman and theological facets of contemporary media. In addition, she is the creator of two popular podcasts In Hebrew, addressing the Posthuman Condition and documenting the history of the local internet culture.  Her book "The Serpent and the Golem: Jewish Theology of Technology" co-authored with Yotam Yizraeli, is coming out this year.  

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Shai Satran is an anthropologist and a psychologist, a senior faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. His research lies at the intersection of history, technology and psychology. Recent work includes writing on ELIZA, the first chatbot, as an AI origin myth, artificial empathy, and AI therapy.  

Anat Danziger is a researcher and writer working at the intersection of literature, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. Her research asks what happens to authorship when writing becomes a dialogue with large language models. Drawing on phenomenology and philosophy of language, she develops the concept of the “phenomenological double” to rethink voice and subjectivity in human-AI writing. She holds degrees in philosophy and Hebrew literature, has taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and lectures on AI, creativity, and literature. She brings extensive experience from the technology sector as a Quality Lead and in evaluating conversational AI systems.