Why Computers Will [Not] Take Over the World: Palantir Engineer, Ari Gesher

Come Xplore the fundamental insight powering "Silicon Valley's Next Billion-Dollar Company" (TechCrunch) and "The War on Terror's Secret Weapon" (BusinessWeek):

Computers Will [Not] Take Over the World: but will help us save it.

According to Palantir senior engineer & big data expert, Ari Gesher, the most powerful systems will be those that augment human intelligence, not attempt to recreate it.

Join us for a talk about:

How humans and computers working in collaboration can outperform any computer in existence How artificial intelligence wrongfully hijacked the technology world for almost 15 years A number of complex real-world problems where the only solution is human-computer symbiosis, because automation fails How Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies built a Java-based human-computer collaboration system that is being used by government agencies, large financial institutions and police departments around the globe

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Craft beer by the cup + beer tasting + local cuisine* starting @ 7:08 PM

Presentation + Q&A @ 7:39 PM

About Palantir:

Palantir builds software that helps save lives, solve crimes, protect civil liberties, prevent disease and curb fraud by allowing organizations to make sense of massive amounts of disparate data.

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Event food provided by...Backayard (http://www.backayard.net/)!

About Ari Gesher:

Senior Engineer, responsible for developing Palantir's platform/operating system Currently working on: Palantir's developer APIs for backend services and the systems engineering that goes into Palantir's servers

Public Transit Info:

Venue is across the street from a Light Rail stop: Karina Station