Critical Conversations

Artificial Intelligence: The Future is Now

Dan Adamson, Jake Hirsch-Allen and Shingai Manjengwa

Critical Conversations

Artificial Intelligence: The Future is Now

Dan Adamson, Jake Hirsch-Allen and Shingai Manjengwa

7:00pm

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Studio Theatre

60 mins

TIFA’s most provocative conversation series returns. Critical Conversations brings together authors and industry experts in candid conversation to examine the facets of culture and politics that shape the world around us and the books we read. This year marked a turning point in the development of Artificial Intelligence: reminiscent of Dr. Frankenstein, the creators of AI now fear the monster they have created. What does this truly mean for humanity? The monster that is AI is projected as something looming on the horizon but it is already amongst our daily lives. So how do we move forward to better understand the perils, potential and paranoia that surrounds the use of AI? Our panel will offer insight and understanding with Dan Adamson, CEO of Armilla, an AI company promoting good governance; Jake Hirsch-Allen, founder of Lighthouse Labs who builds PPPs between governments, workforce development organizations, universities and LinkedIn; and Shingai Manjengwa, Head of AI Education at ChainML where she works with clients on AI education, adoption and implementation

Sponsored by Baillie Gifford.

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Panel Discussion

How to attend

$39.99

Single Day Pass

$69.99

Weekend Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

TIFA’s most provocative conversation series returns. Critical Conversations brings together authors and industry experts in candid conversation to examine the facets of culture and politics that shape the world around us and the books we read. This year marked a turning point in the development of Artificial Intelligence: reminiscent of Dr. Frankenstein, the creators of AI now fear the monster they have created. What does this truly mean for humanity? The monster that is AI is projected as something looming on the horizon but it is already amongst our daily lives. So how do we move forward to better understand the perils, potential and paranoia that surrounds the use of AI? Our panel will offer insight and understanding with Dan Adamson, CEO of Armilla, an AI company promoting good governance; Jake Hirsch-Allen, founder of Lighthouse Labs who builds PPPs between governments, workforce development organizations, universities and LinkedIn; and Shingai Manjengwa, Head of AI Education at ChainML where she works with clients on AI education, adoption and implementation

Sponsored by Baillie Gifford.

Baillie Gifford Actual Investors Logo

 

Panel Discussion

Featured Authors

Dan Adamson
Dan Adamson is the co-founder and CEO of Armilla AI, a company fostering the responsible use of AI through its work with corporations, standards bodies, and regulators. He also co-founded Armilla Assurance, offering innovative insurance for AI, and Confia, a banking platform using AI to serve high-risk industries. He previously founded OutsideIQ, deploying AI-based due diligence solutions to global financial institutions and was Chief Architect at Medstory, an AI vertical search start-up acquired by Microsoft. Adamson holds several search algorithm and AI patents in addition to holding an M.Sc. from U.C. Berkeley and B.Sc. from McGill.

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Jake Hirsch-Allen
Jake Hirsch-Allen builds public private partnerships between North America’s governments, workforce development organizations, colleges and universities, and LinkedIn Talent Solutions. Jake advises many companies including the Avalanche VC, Mission Impact Academy and Readocracy. Jake is a Director on the Boards of Ontario Tech Talent and the Canadian Club. Jake founded Lighthouse Labs, Canada’s foremost software development bootcamp and Hacking Health. A former intellectual property and international criminal lawyer, Jake was also Chair of the Technology Committee of the Global Education Platform, taught Global Health at McMaster University and clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel.

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Shingai Manjengwa
Shingai Manjengwa is the Head of AI Education at ChainML where she works with clients on AI education, adoption and implementation. Shingai takes clients from an AI product idea to an affordable and scalable deployment. A seasoned data scientist, Shingai has a background in retail analytics, generating data insights to top tier manufacturers and retailers, and she has led technical education at the Vector Institute for AI. Shingai is also the founder of Fireside Analytics Inc., an online data science education company. Over half a million learners have taken her courses on platforms such as IBM and Coursera. Shingai sits on a number of boards and advisory committees, and she is an award-winning speaker and children's book author.

Read more about Shingai Manjengwa

7:00pm

Saturday, September 30

Studio Theatre

60 mins

How to attend

$39.99

Single Day Pass

$69.99

Weekend Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

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