BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Austin Technology Council - ECPv6.11.0.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Austin Technology Council REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220406T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220406T200000 DTSTAMP:20260812T025442 CREATED:20220317T033123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T033123Z UID:10002004-1649268000-1649275200@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:AI in 2022: A Look at the Power\, Potential\, and Perils DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Steve will give an introduction to AI for non-practitioners and then highlight current use cases in computer vision\, natural language processing\, time series forecasting\, anomaly detection\, reinforcement learning\, and recommender systems where AI-based systems are already performing well or offer significant promise to do so in the near future. Some key examples include drug discovery\, robotics\, language understanding\, climate change mitigation\, supply chain optimization\, and pandemic modeling.\n​\nHe will also discuss the significant risks of AI systems related to bias\, fairness\, privacy\, fraud\, cybersecurity\, and misinformation/disinformation and then the current efforts in algorithmic accountability and AI ethics to minimize negative impacts or harms. Steve will share some very recent disinformation research results related to COVID and the Spotify/Joe Rogan controversy.\n​\nThere will be plenty of accessible content for those newer to AI as well as pointers to technical details for those with strong AI backgrounds who want to learn about key recent research developments. \nRegister Here URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/ai-in-2022-a-look-at-the-power-potential-and-perils/ LOCATION:Austin Central Library\, 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin\, Austin\, texas\, 78702\, Select a Country: CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AI-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Austin Forum on Technology &%3B Society":MAILTO:info@austinforum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T120000 DTSTAMP:20260812T025442 CREATED:20220405T015054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T015054Z UID:10002012-1650011400-1650024000@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:Accelerated Introduction to AI/Machine Learning DESCRIPTION:AI approaches based on machine learning (ML) methodologies are experiencing explosive growth in adoption\, usage\, and results — enabled by the corresponding increases in digital data generation and availability and in cost-effective computational power including GPUs and accelerators. \nThis workshop will accelerate understanding of the entire ML process by using prepared scripts\, data\, and codes\, and the ‘cooking show’ method of initiating steps but then quickly moving to completed versions of each step. It will provide hands-on experience with a classical machine learning problem and a deep learning problem\, emphasizing context and understanding of the process–not just tools and techniques–through these scripts and steps. URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/accelerated-introduction-to-ai-machine-learning-2/ LOCATION:TBD CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AI-Workshop-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T213000 DTSTAMP:20260812T025442 CREATED:20220412T011014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220415T194756Z UID:10002018-1650484800-1650490200@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:AI & Whiskey Chat DESCRIPTION:Why combine AI — the powerful\, transformative technology that is changing almost every aspect of how we live\, work\, learn\, and play — with whiskey? \nWell\, for starters\, there’s a lot to be said about how both need to be used safely and responsibly\, but both are also beloved by the events’ moderators\, Austin Forum Executive Director Jay Boisseau and CognitiveScale CTO Matt Sanchez. \nJoin us at Trifecta\, located on the corner of Nueces and 3rd St. We’ll talk all things AI\, including realities\, perceptions\, risks\, and future potential\, all while enjoying optional whiskey tastings and Topo Chico. \nThis event is open to the public. Seating is limited. \nRSVP Now URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/ai-whiskey-chat/ LOCATION:Trifecta on 3rd\, 360 Nueces St #30\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Whiskey2-5-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Austin Forum on Technology &%3B Society":MAILTO:info@austinforum.org GEO:30.2670554;-97.7495877 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Trifecta on 3rd 360 Nueces St #30 Austin TX 78701 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=360 Nueces St #30:geo:-97.7495877,30.2670554 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220426T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220426T201500 DTSTAMP:20260812T025442 CREATED:20220422T000059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220422T000331Z UID:10001707-1650999600-1651004100@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:An AI Discussion on Fairness\, Responsibility\, Bias\, and Other Ethical Issues DESCRIPTION: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 society presents real risks as well as transformative potential. \nIn placing our human trust in such powerful learning and decision-making systems\, there is much to consider to ensure fairness. AI itself isn’t fair or unfair\, but as the human developers\, implementors\, and beneficiaries\, we must understand how to promote fairness in how they are trained and how they operate so that there is no accidental\, unfair bias\, exclusion\, or other negative impact to any person or group of persons. \nJoin us as Tina Lassiter leads a discussion on the ethical implications and considerations of AI. No prior AI expertise is necessary\, as this discussion will focus on the human issues in ensuring fairness in the use of AI\, and everyone is encourage to contribute! \nREGISTER NOW URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/an-ai-discussion-on-fairness-responsibility-bias-and-other-ethical-issues/ LOCATION:Zoom\, Select a Country: CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AI-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Austin Forum on Technology &%3B Society":MAILTO:info@austinforum.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR