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SUMMARY:How Close/Far Are We from “Her” - Movie + AI Panel
DESCRIPTION: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 possibly unattainable. And yet\, on November 30\, 2022—just 9 years after “Her”—ChatGPT emerged and suddenly everyone was talking about how it mimics conversation\, can be trained on more data than any human could ever learn\, etc. (Read our short interview with ChatGPT and you’ll see.) Coupled with AI technologies for turning text to voice and vice versa\, one could imagine a verbal form of ChatGPT—and being to wonder if “Her” is much closer than we thought! \nJoin us for a showing of “Her” followed by a Q&A session with AI experts\, including natural language processing (NLP). They will answer your questions and will share their perspectives on the state and future of NLP and the possibility of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and sentience. The movie is still thought-provoking\, and our panel will help us understand where we are with AI\, where AI is headed\, and how we might(?) get to “Her” capabilities.
URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/how-close-far-are-we-from-her-movie-ai-panel/
LOCATION:Violet Crown Cinema\, 434 W 2nd St\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Hire Local Summit
DESCRIPTION:This event is for leaders in business\, K-12 education\, higher education\, workforce development\, philanthropy\, and elected officials who are involved in strategic workforce development in Austin-Travis County. \nWorkforce Solutions Capital Area will lead a panel discussion with leaders and champions of Austin’s workforce development efforts about what the local labor market has looked like over the last year and what is expected in the year ahead. Panelists will provide input on the importance of connecting local people to in-demand jobs and building community wealth and a path to higher earnings so that more people can afford to stay in Austin.
URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/hire-local-summit/
LOCATION:Workforce Solutions Capital Area\, 9001 N IH 35\, Suite 110\, Austin\, TX\, 85753\, United States
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SUMMARY:AI & Whiskey Chat
DESCRIPTION:Join our AI and whiskey experts for another “AI & Whiskey Chat” as we collectively catch up on the latest important and cool developments and news in the field of AI—and do so while sampling and discussing some really good whiskey! Novices are welcome\, but the discussion may evolve towards more advanced topics as the discussion and tasting go on! We will have a couple of whiskeys for the tasting (for free)\, and we hope you’ll support Trifecta\, our generous host\, while you’re there!
URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/ai-whiskey-chat-3/
LOCATION:Trifecta on 3rd\, 360 Nueces St #30\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Longhorn Startup Demo Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Longhorn Startup Lab is an intensive project-based course in the Spring semester that identifies student entrepreneurs who are building scalable technology companies and gets them real course credit for working on their startups while still in school. \n\n???? Come see short pitches from the twelve student startups\n???????? Network with the UT Austin and larger entrepreneurial community\n???? Watch ChatGPT interview Joshua Baer live on stage\n???? Find out who wins the $25\,000 investment prize???\n\nWhat are they working on? \n\nSearching photos with computer vision\nGetting kids to read more books\nHanding out free water bottles with ads on them\nTraining surgeons on robotic surgery\nHelping farmers monetize their carbon credits\nMore…\n\nRead detailed profiles on each of the 12 student startups on Pitch.vc. \nWhat to expect: \n5:30pm – Doors open \n6:30pm – DOORS CLOSE and the show starts \n8:00pm – $25\,000 investment prize \n8:30pm – After party at Upstairs at Carolines \n\nPlease arrive by 6:30pm. Anyone who arrives after that time will be admit to the overflow room.
URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/longhorn-startup-demo-day-2023/
LOCATION:Capital Factory\, 701 Brazos St\, Austin\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Austin AI Ecosystem Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Austin has emerged as a leading technology hub\, and there is huge potential for leadership in the rapidly growing area of AI. Austin is now home to many AI companies\, from new startups to small and midsized companies with significant AI expertise\, products\, and services. Austin is also the home for the headquarters or large divisions of many national and global technology companies (Dell\, IBM\, AMD\, NVIDIA\, Intel\, Google\, Meta\, AWS\, Apple\, and more) that develop processors\, systems\, and software used to develop and implement AI in products\, services\, and/or internal operations. UT Austin’s computer sciences department is nationally ranked in AI\, and its Good Systems program is developing responsible AI applications to improve society. Finally\, Austin has local\, state\, and federal government (civilian and defense) organizations and agencies with responsibilities and missions that increasingly require and deploy AI capabilities. In short\, Austin’s strong tech sector\, UT Austin plus other universities\, and extensive government presence\, coupled with a creative\, can-do culture\, should enable Austin to become one of the leading cities in the world in AI development\, applications\, and impact. To do so will require collaborative participation\, organization\, and leadership. \nThe Austin Forum on Technology & Society\, Austin’s largest monthly technology events organization\, will host an Austin AI Ecosystem Meetup on Tuesday\, April 25 at the Capital Factory to bring together AI experts from these constituents to discuss the potential formation of an Austin AI ecosystem initiative. (This meetup reboots an effort started in 2019 but paused by the pandemic\, with some initial materials already prepared.) All professionals and researchers who work in AI in Austin are welcome to attend. A small set of AI experts from industry and academia will provide some opening context about possibilities and potential goals and plans\, which may include:\nDeveloping an Austin AI ecosystem communications platform to share expertise and ideas\nEstablishing a blog\, podcast\, and/or seminar series for Austin AI professionals to share results and next steps\nSharing training opportunities for developing a larger AI workforce\nSharing job\, internship\, and mentoring opportunities in Austin\nCreating new training collaboratively\nEstablishing an Austin-based AI conference that attracts national and global participation but plays to Austin’s AI core strengths\nCreating an annual report on the state of AI in Austin’s industry and how Austin ranks\nAnd possibly\, creating a proposal to fund a consortium effort with pre-competitive research\, similar to what launched Austin as a semiconductor leader in the Sematech/MCC days \nThey will then serve as facilitators during open networking\, and finally moderate a closing session at which any attendee can share thoughts on the goals/objectives\, potential benefits\, formation\, and/or execution of a sustained effort (with suggestions captured by a scribe). The moderators and attendees and moderators will then take over future planning for this effort (if the consensus is to go forward)\, and everyone will leave knowing more about the Austin AI ecosystem participants and having established new potential collaborators.
URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/austin-ai-ecosystem-meetup/
LOCATION:Capital Factory – Voltron Room\, 701 Brazos Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Discussion of "The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI"
DESCRIPTION:For our April monthly online book discussion\, SXSW Co-President Hugh Forrest will lead us in a conversation about the book “The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI.” As artificial intelligence rapidly advances\, the need for individuals and organizations to adapt becomes increasingly critical. In this bold new take\, author and leadership consultant Nick Chatrath interweaves the analysis of the leadership strategies that sustained us up until this point with “threshold” leadership methods developed with AI in mind. Through anecdotes and research\, Chatrath demonstrates that our organizations’ survival and success as individuals depend on the qualities that make us uniquely human. Join us as we discuss this candid call to action\, the significance of standing at the precipice of AI superintelligence\, and how we can utilize Chatrath’s toolkit to reposition our companies to thrive in an AI-driven world.
URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/discussion-of-the-threshold-leading-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Online via zoom\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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