Craig Mundie, Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence, Hope & the Human Spirit

Thu Dec 12 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-08:00

The Commonwealth Club | San Francisco

The Commonwealth Club
Publisher/HostThe Commonwealth Club
Craig Mundie, Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence, Hope & the Human Spirit
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An in-depth talk between Craig Mundie and Sam Altman about charting a course between blind faith and and unjustified fear about AI.
About this Event

In his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joined forces with two leading technologists to mount “a profound exploration” (says Walter Isaacson) of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in artificial intelligence—a breakthrough that they believe dramatically empowers people in all walks of life while also raising urgent questions about the future of humanity.

Kissinger and his coauthors, technologists Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt, argue that as AI absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, it will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality. It might well solve some of the greatest mysteries of our universe and elevate the human spirit to unimaginable heights. But it will also pose challenges on a scale and of an intensity that we have never seen—usurping our power of independent judgment and action, testing our relationship with the divine, and perhaps even spurring a new phase in human evolution.

Join us in person or online for this in-depth talk between Mundie and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, about charting a course between blind faith and unjustified fear while navigating the age of AI.

SPEAKERS

Craig Mundie, President, Mundie & Associates; Former Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft; Co-author, Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

In Conversation with Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI; X @sama

5:15 p.m. doors open & check-in
6–7 p.m. program
7 p.m. book signing
(all times Pacific Time)

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, United States

Tickets

USD 42.70

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