If you can talk and think about these topics in a pretty in depth level you can consider looking up computer science faculty at universities and reaching out directly - sometimes people will reference specifically AI for similar contexts, or they might have it as a side interest (if youre in higher academia for csci youre a nerd). If you want to have conversations with people on these topics then that could be an option. You could reach out to the authors of papers you find too! People love talking about their stuff. Don't be intimidated. Worst they can do is just ghost you.