19th February 2009
Tuesday March 17 | SXSW Sessions
Artificial humans are the influencers of tomorrow, giving us constant recommendations based on our consumption habits. Similar to the sci-fi movies of decades past, as culture continues to anthropomorphize AI, virtual assistants and the like, our relationship with them will shift from that of a household utility to a member of the family. But can humans truly shape AI to work positively with us into the future?
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Next Gen AI: The Human Centered Design Challenge
11:00AM – 12:00PM | Hilton Austin Downtown Salon C, 500 E 4th St.
Wally Brill (Google), Oonie Chase (Ideo), Ed Doran (Microsoft), Karin Geifer (McKinsey & Co.)
Learn what we need to do to make AI more humane through layering in empathy and personality
SciFi-preneurship: How Sci-fi Shapes the Future
9:30AM – 10:30AM | Hilton Austin Downtown Salon F, 500 E 4th St.
Brittany Gallager (SciFi-preneurship), Phil Libin (All Turtles)
Get a look into how the divergent creative of Sci-fi writers often allows our real world creators to push towards these possible futures
Lessons from Reporting on the Wild West of Weed
11:00AM – 12:00PM | Fairmont Manchester B 101 Red River
Bruce Barcott, Leafly
To get an understanding on the future of journalism in the digital era and how it pertains to the ever evolving cannabis market.
Social Robots Empowering Humans
12:30PM – 1:30PM | Austin Convention Center Exhibit Hall 4
Social Robots Empowering Humans
To look ahead to the benefits of automation and how humans working alongside robots can allow humans to have more time to pursue new challenges and passions
The Coming Disinformation War
3:30PM – 4:29PM | Austin Convention Center Exhibit Hall 4
Ben Collins (NBC News), Joan Donovan (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public policy) & Brandy Zadrozny (NBC News)
To gain an understanding just how quickly disinformation can spread and to see how drastically it can shift culture and opinion
Social Robots Empowering Humans
2:00PM – 3:00PM | JW Marriot Salon 3-4, 110 E 2nd St.
Pam Allison (Warner Bros.), Ben Boeser (Mercedes-Benz), Greg Reed (Universal Pictures), Nils Wollny (Holoride)
See how media consumption will be changed in mass in the future as autonomous vehicles become common place.