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GT + Cognizant
Superhuman AI – Fact or Fiction

GT + Cognizant
Superhuman AI – Fact or Fiction

From Clippy to HAL to Cortana to ChatGPT, we have long been obsessed with creating intelligent companions from the technology we create. With the newest hype around generative AI and ChatGPT and how we think, communicate and create, is it really a groundbreaking game changer?

Join us on April 26 for an exclusive panel dialogue that unveils the mask of this ‘superhuman’ AI. We will explore what this future holds for us across technology, art, social and industry innovations. Most importantly, we will discuss our roles within human centered design in the future of these intelligent experiences.

Panelists include: industry professionals from Cognizant and Microsoft, alongside Georgia Tech faculty researchers and students. The dialogue will be co-moderated by a student and Cognizant team member. Let it all out as you explore with us the opportunities, innovations and inherent contradictions within our perspectives.

To RSVP for the event, please complete the registration form.

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Event Details

Superhuman AI – Fact or Fiction

This event is hosted by the Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design as part of the SID Open Talk - Spring 2023 Speaker Series, with important partnership support from Cognizant.

Panelists

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Risto Miikkulainen

Risto Miikkulainen is a computer science professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Associate VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant. He's authored over 480 articles on neuroevolution, natural language processing, and vision neural network models. At Cognizant, he applies these approaches to real-world problems. Risto has received recognition for his neuroevolution work, including the Gabor Award of the International Neural Network Society, the Evolutionary Computational Pioneer Award from IEEE, and the Outstanding Paper of the Decade Award from the International Society for Artificial Life.

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Emily Fridmen

Results-oriented expert in strategy, design, and development of digital experiences. Leads interdisciplinary teams, providing structure and alignment to launch large-scale, multi-channel projects. Strong network of top creative talent, partners, and vendors. Clients include Coca-Cola, Walt Disney, Lululemon, Porsche, Carnival Cruise Lines, Verizon, Whole Foods, Georgia Tech, Sanford Health, SFMOMA, High Museum of Art, Dunkin' Donuts, Krispy Kreme.

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Zara Jillings

Zara is the Head of Global Partnerships and Operations at Soul Machines, a company that creates digital people to enhance customer experiences. She inspires innovation and adoption of this technology worldwide with a passion for creating more human, personalized, empathetic, and engaging interactions. She is particularly excited about the rise of generative AI, calling 2023 "the most exciting time to be working in this industry." Prior to her tech career, she played professional basketball for New Zealand and remains active, often surfing when there are good waves.

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Bob Lussier

Bob leads a 250+ person organization and a $1B+ consumption portfolio in the US. He's worked at Microsoft for almost 20 years, most recently heading the Modern Work & Security Solutions team. Bob is from Warren, OH, and holds an MBA from Emory University after graduating from Georgia Tech. He has been happily married to his wife Connie for 25 years and has two sons, Shane (21) and Brody (18), as well as a very pampered dog named Samson.

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Mark Riedl

Dr. Mark Riedl is a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing and associate director of the Machine Learning Center. His research is focused on human-centered AI, developing machines that can understand and interact with humans naturally. He specializes in computational creativity, game AI, and storytelling. “To research and develop new technologies that make computers creative and that make humans creative ”Specialties: Artificial intelligence, computational creativity, game AI, storytelling.

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Mars Lovelace

Mars is an industrial designer who is graduating from Georgia Tech this semester. They identify as nonbinary and queer, and they love working with color, using their hands to think, and learning more about the people around them. Mars excels at conducting user research and participating in co-design, as well as developing branding and graphic design. 

Hosts & Moderators

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Dr. Eunsook Kwon

Host

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Anup Prasad

Host

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Tynan Purdy

Moderator

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Deypika Singh

Moderator

Who Will Be There

Comcast

Comcast

Delta

Delta Airlines

Us Bank

Us Bank

Macy's

Macy's

Chick-fil-a

Chick-fil-a

IHG Hotels & Resorts

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Inspire Brands

Inspire Brands

Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal

Newell

Newell Brands