Tim O’Reilly and Reid Hoffman on Deepfakes, AI, and the American Economy
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Explore the evolving landscape of AI and the cognitive revolution with industry leaders Tim O’Reilly and Reid Hoffman. In this exclusive event, Tim and Reid will discuss a recent groundbreaking experiment in which Reid’s digital twin was brought to life through deepfake technology, which uses artificial intelligence to create realistic-looking and -sounding video and audio recordings by manipulating or synthesizing visual and auditory data.
Tim O’Reilly will draw out his guest—cofounder of LinkedIn and partner at Greylock—to understand why Reid believes deepfakes will be more than just an instrument for scammers and other criminals. They’ll discuss the potential of deepfakes for good and ill and how such a powerful technology ought to be regulated—assuming that it is regulatable. You’ll get inside the process by which Reid’s digital twin was created and examine the place of deepfakes within the broader context of AI advancements.
Join two tech leaders who’re well situated to anticipate the exciting possibilities and profound implications of AI; the advancements, risks, and possible benefits of deepfake technology; and all the related impacts of AI on the industry and the broader economy.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- Understand the process behind creating a digital twin
- Learn about the benefits and risks of deepfakes
- Hear about AI advancements and their impact on the tech industry and broader economy
About the hosts
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Tim O’Reilly is the founder, CEO, and chairman of O’Reilly Media, the company that has been providing the picks and shovels of learning to the Silicon Valley gold rush for more than 40 years. The company has a history of convening conversations that reshape the computer industry. If you’ve heard the term “open source software,” “web 2.0,” “the Maker movement,” “government as a platform,” or “the WTF economy,” he’s had a hand in framing each of those big ideas. Tim is also a partner at early stage venture firm O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) and on the boards of Code for America, PeerJ, Civis Analytics, and PopVox. He’s the author of many technical books published by O’Reilly, and most recently WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us (Harper Business, 2017). He’s working on a new book about why we need to rethink antitrust in the era of internet-scale platforms.
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An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses. He is the host of Masters of Scale, the first American podcast to commit to a 50-50 gender balance for featured guests, and Possible, a podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. He is the coauthor of five best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, and Impromptu.