Day 2 of SXSW really picked up and there was no time for slacking off. Once in downtown, it was clear that there were MANY more people than the first day. Also, it was MUCH warmer, but there is relief headed our way. Gotta love Texas Weather! Death & Legacy in the Digital Age There […]
SXSW is split into Music, Interactive, and Film. Arguably, however, the best of what’s out there is what nestles in between: it’s in the the crossover conversations and the connections. At 3:30pm in the Austin Convention Center, thousands gathered to hear the cast of HBO’s Westworld discuss control, reality, and AI. Thandie Newton recognized the […]
Speakers: Host: Karissa Bell from Mashable, Wilfried Eberhardt form KUKA, Jan Hill adidas AG and Mehdi Miremadi from McKinsey & Company Over the course of time, people have always been curious or weary about the technology process in smart robots. While the interested in new technology and the possibility of robots integrating into peoples everyday […]
It’s day one of South By Southwest and the conference is in full swing. Thousands of people make their way from panel to panel hoping to squeeze into any remaining seats. One of the first panels of the day, AI: Transforming Luxury, Fashion, and Beauty, discussed the role of AI within magnanimous consumer industries. Panelists […]
Nikos Acuña cannot wait for the future. A futurist, author, and recently named Chief Visionary of Sizmek, Acuña’s belief that artificial intelligence will guide us to the tomorrow of our dreams is both an optimistic and precisely-measured prediction. “We are the tool-forging species,” Acuña reminds us in one of his videos, explaining that AI is a technology we […]
In your own words, what will you be discussing at SXSW for the A Roboticist, Ethicist, & Novelist Walk Into a Bar panel? One of our points of discussion will be the contrast between the robots of science fiction and real-world robots. Sci-fi and popular press often make out robots and AI to be technology […]
Sean Carroll, a physicist and professor at CalTech, will be joining SXSW this year as a panelist discussing artificial intelligence and our place within the universe. The below is an edited transcription of our conversation on that topic and what he hopes to inspire as a panelist at SXSW Interactive. As a physicist, could you […]