Interpreting transformations in ai and Robotics
"Took us from academic to practical with real business use possibility."
"Great insights. Neil really brings to life the possibilities of AI. He challenges his audience with what he already sees as emerging, yet most see as very far away. Very credible in exposing a broad range of third parties in the space. Bravo!"
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ABOUT NEIL
Neil Jacobstein is a founding AI and Robotics faculty member and past President of Singularity University. From 2007 to 2022 Neil was a MediaX Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, where his work focused on augmented decision systems. Neil chaired the AAAI 17th Innovative Applications of AI Conference. He was appointed by the US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to the Earth and Life Studies Committee for the period 2015-2021. He was appointed in 2020 to the Academy's Strategic Planning Committee and is currently an active Mentor to the Academy's New Voices Program. Jacobstein was a Founding Editorial Board member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Science Robotics journal (ranked #1) and served as an editor there for 6 years. Neil is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute US, and a founder and Chairman of the Aspen Institute in New Zealand. He is an experienced seminar moderator that honors values and technology. Neil was lead author of the Forsyth Barr AI in New Zealand Report. He is an Enterprise Fellow at the University of Otago. He has practical and strategic AI system building and technical R&D consulting experience with a long list of industrial and governmental partners. Neil has made Queenstown and San Francisco his home for over 20 years.
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