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 […]
Metaverse is not a new concept, but it is recently generating lots of buzz as new metaverse games and applications advance in hardware capabilities and software techniques to provide superior experiences. Gaming serves as a big driver, but we are also starting to see innovative applications in education, retail, healthcare, and more. Join us for […]
For our May online book discussion, Austin Forum Executive Director Jay Boisseau will lead us in a conversation about the book “The Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 will connect humans, machines and AI to transform the world. Authors Dan Mapes and Gabriel René dive into the world wide web’s past, present, and future in this […]
For our June monthly online book discussion, Austin Forum Executive Director, Jay Boisseau, will lead us in a conversation about the book “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, and Strategies.” With any new technology comes fears alongside the initial excitement. But more so than ever before, society has to ask ourselves if these fears are warranted when it […]
Misinformation and disinformation will always be with us, but multiple technologies have made it possible to create and disseminate misleading and false information much more easily over the past two decades. The very recent emergence generative AI for text, images, and audio/video has greatly increased the ability to create more persuasive misinformation and disinformation, while […]
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 […]
For our August monthly online discussion, friend of the Austin Forum and Professor Emeritus at The University of Texas at Austin, J. Craig Wheeler, will lead us in a conversation about the power of our personal data within this new age of the information economy. Through his book, Who Owns the Future?, Jaron Lanier, Silicon […]
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