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Expand Your Tech Talent Pipeline – Strengthen the Austin Community Forum

Workforce Solutions Capital Area 9001 N IH 35, Suite 110, Austin, TX, United States

The U.S. labor market has changed since 2020, leaving employers struggling to fill roles and retain employees, even as many job seekers remain unemployed. By moving from traditional hiring methods to skills-based practices, apprenticeship models, and investing in local talent by participating in industry sector partnerships, businesses can expand their applicant pools, fill positions more […]

Free

An AI Discussion on Fairness, Responsibility, Bias, and Other Ethical Issues

Zoom , Select a Country:

AI is changing the world in which we live, work, learn and play, permeating our lives and jobs and our devices and places, and enabling innovations and discoveries in research and industry. However, this huge adoption of AI — both for support of human decisions and for completely autonomous decisions — in all aspects of […]

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Discussion of “Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future and Shape It”

Online via zoom TX, United States

In this month's book discussion, we are excited to have author (and entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, and past Austin Forum presenter and podcast interviewee!) Byron Reese lead a discussion of his new book: Stories, Dice, and Rock That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future and Shape It." Byron is a fantastic author on technology […]

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Misinformation Meetup—Let’s Do Something About It!

Digital Turbine 110 San Antonio St. #160, Austin, TX 78701

Misinformation, and disinformation are growing problems in society, contributing to health risks (e.g. false information about vaccines), societal divides and polarization, and misinformed views on issues of race, gender, and more. We’re not going to solve the problems in one evening, but each of us can do little things to help. We will have some […]

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Discussion of “Sea of Tranquility”

Online via zoom TX, United States

For our February monthly online book discussion, Austin Forum board member, Julie Tomlin, will lead us in a conversation about the novel Sea of Tranquility. From the perspectives of three different characters in three different time periods, Emily St. John Mandel explores metaphysics and time travel through the threads that intertwine these characters. This book […]

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How Close/Far Are We from “Her” – Movie + AI Panel

Violet Crown Cinema 434 W 2nd St, Austin, TX, United States

The 2013 movie “Her” is a wonderful science fiction movie about AI having evolved to the point of general intelligence, even sentience. There are no robotics in this AI movie—it is all about the powerful but human-like AI capabilities of his “OS.” “Her” is inspiring and thought-provoking but represents a realistically still far away or […]

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Discussion of “The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology”

Online via zoom TX, United States

For our July monthly online discussion, SXSW Co-President & Chief Programming Officer, Hugh Forrest, will lead us in a conversation about synthetic biology, genetic engineering, and how these advancements will affect our lives. Amy Webb’s and Andrew Hessel’s book The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, acts as […]

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