Talks

For bookings, reach out to anna@asterisques.com.

Ruby is a keynote speaker who has given talks to industry leaders, executives and academics on technology, artificial intelligence, new media and the metaverse. He is frequently invited to share his research at conferences and to private audiences in corporate settings. He has been hired by companies such as Deloitte and Amazon to present his research, and has spoken at cultural institutions such as the MoMA, Rhizome, the New Museum, Pioneer Works, and Miami Art Week.

2026

  • Quantification is DeathFWB Fest, July 2026
  • On TasteEigen, San Francisco, July 2026
  • Why Are There No New Aesthetics?TIAT, San Francisco, July 2026
  • Noise, Signal, SlopTIAT, San Francisco, July 2026
  • Balkanization and Babelification of the InternetAre.na and Triple Canopy, NYC, June 2026
  • The Physics of Online FriendshipMozilla Foundation, New York, May 2026
  • An Inconsistent TriadThree Conversations, New York, May 2026 (with Genevieve Goffman, Ruby Bailey and Bri Griffin)
  • Prophets and ProtocolsSomerset House, London, May 2026
  • On New AestheticsRutgers University, New Jersey, April 2026
  • Why Are There No New Aesthetics?Gray Area, San Francisco, March 2026
  • A Taxonomy of SlopDOG, San Francisco, March 2026
  • Is AI Making Us CyborgsFact 26 / ACMI, Keynote, Melbourne, February 2026
  • On TasteHeft Gallery, NYC, January 2026
  • On Skibidi with Aidan WalkerInterview, Afterword Bookstore, NYC, January 2026
  • Conversation with Nina DaviesInterview, Western Front, Vancouver, January 2026

2025

  • Art \- Dorian Electra Book Launch EventMontez Press Radio / Perfectly Imperfect, Performance, November 2025
  • Art, Science and InventionSeneca Labs, Panel, November 2025
  • Prompt and PurposePresentation, OpenAI / Flora AI, NYC, August 2025
  • Darkness After the ApocalypseKeynote, FWB Fest, California, August 2025
  • Eternal Sunshine \- Maia Wyman Book Launch EventInterview, July 2025
  • How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the SlopKeynote, Boston, March 2025
  • What Is TruthSchool of Visual Arts, Lecture, February 2025
  • Equity, Creativity and OwnershipWharton School of Business, Philadelphia, Panel, February 2025
  • A Brief History of TasteLecture, School of Visual Arts, NYC, 2025

2024

  • On GatekeepingProtein Agency, Panel, December 2024
  • Why AI Isn’t Going to Make ArtScope Art Fair, Miami, December 2024
  • Digital Folk ArtistArtNews, November 2024
  • On MemoriesArena / Montez Radio Press, Reading, July 2024
  • Self 3.0World Futurist Symposium, Paris, June 2024
  • HyperoptimizationOffice of Applied Strategy, Panel, NYC, 2024
  • AI Art and EthicsNYU, Panel, 2024
  • Guest LectureSFPC, “The Treachery of Images”, 2024
  • Being On LineMuseum of Modern Art, Future Commerce Conference, NYC, 2024
  • Lines \- AI & FashionNEW INC Showcase, NYC, 2024
  • Crypto, Art, ProvenanceUncommons, NYC, 2024
  • AI & CreativitySeedAI x SXSW, Austin, 2024
  • The Treachery of ImagesCAA Conference, Chicago, 2024
  • The Devil You KnowBetaworks Ignite Talks, NYC, 2024

2023

2022

  • Artists and AIModerator, Hennessy Event at Miami Art Week, Miami, 2022
  • On Lore and Beyondwith Libby Mars, Pioneer Works, NYC, 2022

2021

  • Notes on Gospel for a New CenturyTransfer Gallery, 2021
  • The Economics of Digital ArtKeynote, Concordia University, Montreal, 2021
  • Foray into Tumblr-coreKeynote, Abuja Art Week, Abuja, Nigeria, 2021
  • Cyber-DadaKeynote, DEL Conference, Parsons School of Design, 2021

2019

  • Cadaver.exeEstonian Digital Humanities Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, 2019
  • Cadaver.exeThe Lit Exhibit, New York, 2019

2018

  • Why Won’t People on the Internet Let Things DieThirst for Reality Symposium, University of Quebec in Montreal, 2018
  • Se donner une voix en-ligneCanada Research Chair in Digital Art and Literature, University of Quebec Montreal, 2018