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AI Through Different Voices: A Collection of Perspectives

AI Through Different Voices: A Collection of Perspectives

Chapter 1 – Stop Calling It Artificial Intelligence "When people hear the words 'artificial intelligence,' many react the same way they would to hearing 'root canal.' They simply don't want to hear the term anymore." Perhaps the first challenge facing AI isn't the technology itself but the language surrounding it. The phrase artificial intelligence has become so overused that it often creates anxiety rather than excitement. Before we explain what AI can do, people have already formed an opinion based on the name alone. Maybe it's...

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Dìdi – A new coming-of-age movie Taiwanese American style by Director Sean Wang

Dìdi – A new coming-of-age movie Taiwanese American style by Director Sean Wang

It's been one incredible year for Bay Area first-time feature filmmaker, writer-director, Sean Wang. Last January, his first full feature-length film, Dìdi, (meaning "Younger Brother") had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won the the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble Cast. In the same week, his documentary short, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, which premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest, where it won both the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award, was nominated...

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An Afternoon with Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis at RSA2024

An Afternoon with Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis at RSA2024

BELIEVE As I was shifting through the RSA Conference 2024 program guide, with it's impressive comprehensive five day agenda, there was an enormous amount of activities going on to easily fill anyone's calendar as an attendee for the week. 33 keynote presentations given on two stages in the West and South Stages at the Moscone Center, 650 speakers across 425 sessions, the Expo floors in the South and North Halls had over 600 exhibitors. As I glanced into the program's "keynote" section, I noticed one that immediately caught my eye...

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Christy Anzelmo from Foundry talks about new Virtual Production Pipeline and more

Christy Anzelmo from Foundry talks about new Virtual Production Pipeline and more

Foundry have been developing creative software for the Digital Design, Media and Entertainment industries for over 20 years. Foundry products are used to create breathtaking visual effects sequences on a wide range of feature films, video-on-demand, television and commercials. The company partners with others players in that field to solve complex visualization challenges and turn incredible ideas into reality. Senior Director Christy Anzelmo talks about the current products and new virtual Production Pipeline. The interview can be...

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GM’S path to autonomous vehicles at RSA 2020 – Future looks good

GM’S path to autonomous vehicles at RSA 2020 – Future looks good

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors, Mary T. Barra, gave a keynote onstage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco at the 2020 RSA Conference addressing the future of GM’s autonomous vehicles, as well as the company’s ongoing cybersecurity challenges they will face within the rapidly growing autonomous technology. When automobiles were produced on mass scale over a hundred years ago, Barra explained, they had re-shaped our physical environment and gave us freedom.  If you were around during the bleak thirties...

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