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Beyond AGI: AI Societies and the Future of Decision-Making

Hosted by Cognizant AI Lab

When
5:00 – 8:00 PM
Where
Downtown
Format
Happy Hour, Networking and Panel / Fireside Chat
Beyond AGI: AI Societies and the Future of Decision-Making artwork

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What happens when AI starts making more of the decisions that shape how we work, live, and interact?

Join Cognizant AI Lab for an evening exploring the rise of autonomous AI, with a panel, live experiments and demos, and food and mocktails. Hear from leading voices including Ken Stanley (SVP of Open-Endedness, Lila Sciences), João Moura (CEO and Founder, Crew AI), Dawn Song (VP of AI Research, Meta and Professor at UC Berkeley), Risto Miikkulainen (Professor of Computer Science, UT Austin and VP of AI Research, Cognizant AI Lab), and David Cushman (Executive Research Leader, HFS Research) on how autonomous AI could reshape decision-making, the economy, and society.

Then, see some of these ideas play out firsthand. Attendees will have the chance to introduce autonomous agents into a shared world and see what unfolds as they interact, compete, collaborate, and make decisions on their own.

This event is a part of #SFTechWeek – a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.

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