SXSW 2024

How AI Can Solve the Biggest Challenges Facing Humanity

Description:

The world faces immense social, economic, environmental and humanitarian challenges today. How can AI help solve the biggest problems facing humanity, from curing diseases to fighting climate change?

Take a rare look ‘behind the curtain’ of AI: dispel common myths and misconceptions; look ‘under the hood’ of the breakthroughs turning possibilities into attainable realities impacting billions of people; learn about the steps needed to deliver this safely; and glimpse into some of the possible futures that AI is opening up to us.


Related Media

Other Resources / Information

Demis on The Ezra Klein Show podcast: https://bit.ly/44WHvBh
Demis on The Verge’s Decoder podcast: https://apple.co/43Au2OA
Demis at London Tech Week: https://youtu.be/OBI-hOWSt4I
Demis at a Stanford HAI seminar: https://youtu.be/KHFmIknP_Hc
Demis on Lex Fridman podcast: https://bit.ly/3Q92SLS


Takeaways

  1. An understanding of what an advanced AI model is: its potential and limitations, what we all must do to make sure it’s built and used safely.
  2. Real-world examples of how AI is used today and how this will build to solving some of the world’s most critical and complex problems.
  3. A sneak-peek into what an A(G)I-future might look like, featuring some of the most advanced capabilities in existence today

Speakers


Organizer

Leila Hajaj, Executive Communications & Speakerships Senior Manager, Google DeepMind


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Fireside Chat
  • Track: Artificial Intelligence
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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