Tim O’Reilly and Reid Hoffman on Deepfakes, AI, and the American Economy
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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
This live event is for you because...
- You want the chance to ask Tim O’Reilly and Reid Hoffman your questions.
- You’re curious about deepfakes and their implications.
- You’re interested in the impact of AI on the future of learning and the shape of our economic future.
Prerequisites
- Come with your questions for Tim and Reid
- Have a pen and paper or notetaker app handy to capture notes, insights, and inspiration
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Technology Trends for 2024 (report)
- Follow Generative AI for All (expert playlist)
- Watch ChatGPT: Possibilities and Pitfalls (video)
- Watch Tim O’Reilly and Cory Doctorow on “Enshittification” and the Future of AI (video)
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Friday, September 27, 2024, at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET
- Interactive discussion and Q&A (60 minutes)
Your Hosts and Guests
Tim O'Reilly
Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc. His original business plan was simply "interesting work for interesting people," and that's worked out pretty well. He publishes books, runs online conferences, invests in early-stage startups, urges companies to create more value than they capture, and tries to change the world by spreading and amplifying the knowledge of innovators. He’s perhaps best known for his role in shaping big ideas like open source software, unconferences (Foo Camp), Web 2.0, and government as a platform. His 2017 book WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us explored the role of human agency in shaping the future in the face of the coming AI wave. These days, he’s focused on mechanism design for the human-AI economy. Mechanism design is sometimes described as “reverse game theory”, whereby you start with the outcome you want and then figure out what rules of the game will produce that outcome. He explores these ideas at the non-profit AI Disclosures Project, which he co-founded with Ilan Strauss. He writes frequently on Substack at the O’Reilly Radar, the AI Disclosures Project’s Asimov’s Addendum, and his own Conversations with AI.
Reid Hoffman
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 six best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, Impromptu, and Superagency.