Feb 2
Montclair Film Montclair, NJ
TicketsGreg Kahn
CEO of GK Digital Ventures
andAaron Luber
Director of Google Labs BD
The Thinking Game— The minds behind the machines: Charting AI’s next chapter
Program Description
Greg Kahn (GK Digital Ventures, AI Trailblazers) and Aaron Luber (Google) lead a talk that reflects on The Thinking Game’s portrayal of DeepMind’s quest for AGI, highlighting the broader implications for science, technology, and society at large.
Film Synopsis
Chronicles visionary scientist Demis Hassabis' relentless pursuit to crack artificial general intelligence, a journey of extraordinary perseverance.
THE THINKING GAME takes you on a journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world’s leading AI labs, as it strives to unravel the mysteries of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Inside the London headquarters, founder Demis Hassabis and his team are relentlessly pursuing the creation of AI that matches or surpasses human abilities on a wide range of tasks. Filmed over five years, this film puts viewers in the room for the pivotal moments of this quest, including the groundbreaking achievement of AlphaFold.
Photo credit: The Thinking Game
About the Speaker
Greg Kahn is CEO of GK Digital Ventures, an advisory and investment firm that guides a range in size from Fortune 500 brands to startups on strategies and execution related to emerging tech, media and marketing.
As Director of Google Labs BD, Aaron Luber leads content partnerships for Google’s AR and VR efforts — Daydream and Tango. Aaron’s journey began with launching YouTube360 first as a 20% project and then to a live product in March 2015. During that time, Aaron transitioned from YouTube to the Cardboard team and has been working to bring VR, and now AR, to the masses.