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Perspectives for
what comes next
I share practical perspectives on AI, human potential, and the systems we need for a more prosperous future—connecting emerging possibilities to the choices we make today.
Speaking experience
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco · August 17, 2017
Photo: Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for Ford Motor Company
A perspective developed
across generations of technology
Invited to speak at the United Nations, CVPR, NASA, City of Tomorrow Symposium, and SXSW, and co-host of TEDxSiliconAlley.
My 2020 invited talk at CVPR explored democratizing development and quality assurance for embodied AI—questions that remain central to my work on intelligent and autonomous systems.
Keynotes · Panels · Moderated conversations
Current speaking topics
Ideas that open the next conversation
Autonomy in the Agentic Age
As AI, robotics, and autonomous systems gain new capabilities, our relationships with technology change. Examine what this means for human agency, organizational accountability, and the decisions leaders face.
Aligning Our Futures
How do people and organizations with different perspectives move toward shared outcomes? Explore collective intelligence, collaboration, and the systems that help us remain aligned as conditions evolve.
Generational Wealth
Redefining, realigning, and reinvesting in what we pass forward. Consider how today's choices about resources, institutions, and technology can support prosperity and resilience across generations.
Selected talks & panels
Democratizing Development and Quality Assurance for Embodied AI
Embodied AI Workshop · CVPR 2020
Research in Embodied AI
CVPR · 2020
Co-host · TEDxSiliconAlley
Rise of the Machines
In 2012, I co-hosted TEDxSiliconAlley under the theme “Rise of the Machines.” For 15 years, I have shared practical perspectives on the future—and its past—around AI, human potential, and the systems we need for a more prosperous future.
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