NEW YORK, April 26, 2018 --
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Members of the press: For more information on complimentary press passes, please email: [email protected] and [email protected]
AI is being compared to electricity for its transformational power, and these discussions and interactive presentations will demonstrate how machine learning will touch every aspect of our lives.
Confirmed speakers include:
Gary Marcus | Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University
Garry Kasparov | Author, “Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins”; former World Chess Champion
Nicole Eagan | CEO, Darktrace
Kate Crawford | Co-Founder, AI Now Institute; Distinguished Research Professor, NYU; Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New York
David Siegel | Co-Chairman, Two Sigma Investments
Sean Gourley | Founder and CEO, Primer
Amy Webb | Founder, Future Today Institute; Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
Jeffrey Wright | Award-Winning Actor
For the most up to date information on programming, please visit:
https://foefestival.wsj.com/tracks/ai/
About the Festival:
The Wall Street Journal’s inaugural Future of Everything Festival is bringing together more than 100 thinkers, doers and change makers across many fields, including technology, business, design, and culture for a definitive look ahead at the groundbreaking innovations and ideas that are transforming the world.
Hosted by top Journal editors the pioneering festival takes place May 8-10, 2018, in New York City with provocative interviews, panel discussions, debates, field trips, and demonstrations, as well as exhibits inside the Festival’s Innovation Hub.


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