HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SHAPES OUR REALITY

MODERATED BY LAURIE SEGALL, CEO, DOT DOT DOT MEDIA

SATURDAY, 9 AM, SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE

Is artificial intelligence the future of the internet and our lives? As companies like Facebook and Epic Games invest heavily in the Metaverse, there has been a lot of hype about it being the future of the internet, a future that is meant to be immersive and constant. Advanced chatbots like ChatGPT can mimic human conversation, write detailed student essays and compose poetry.

But what are the advantages of these technologies and what are the downsides? And how will our understanding of the natural world and our embodied selves change if artificial intelligence is creating our reality?

David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics and the subject of the film Sophia. The Hanson team creates robots that look and act alive, and enrich the quality of our lives. Sue Halpern is an author and journalist who has written about AI and technology, among other topics, for The New Yorker. A very special non-human guest will also make an appearance.

Laurie Segall is the founder of Dot Dot Dot, an entertainment and technology company focused on society and artificial intelligence. Formerly CNN’s senior tech correspondent and a reporter for “60 Minutes,” Segall has interviewed the world’s most influential tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook. Segall is the author of Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits.

Innovating Our Way Out Of A Water Crisis

SATURDAY, 2:30 PM, SHERIDAN

The Colorado River is in crisis. The beleaguered waterway that supports 40 million people in the American Southwest has more demands on it than its waters can supply. Layer on top of that dwindling flows caused by climate change and an inequitable water rights allocation system that favors those who first put them to use and you have a recipe for disaster that will take innovative thinking to solve. Durango-based conservationist Teal Lehto is a water rights activist and raft guide with over 50,000 TikTok followers. Abrahm Lustgarten is a journalist who writes about climate change and the Colorado River for ProPublica. His 2016 series investigating the mismanagement of the Colorado River was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Lorelei Cloud is a tribal council member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and was just named by Gov. Jared Polis to the Colorado Water Conservation Board, which is tasked with developing and protecting the state’s waters. Pete McBride is a Coloradan, photographer and conservationist who has spent years documenting the Colorado River and wild places around the globe. Panelists will speak about their work, then come together for a solutionsbased conversation.