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All Tech is Human's Responsible Tech Mixer & Kashmir Hill Book Celebration!

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Attend All Tech Is Human's popular monthly series in NYC which brings together a broad range of backgrounds who are all committed to tackling wicked tech & society issues and co-creating a tech future aligned with the public interest!

All of our Responsible Tech Mixers reach capacity (venue fits 200). Come meet others who are focused on building a better tech future, share resources and learn from each other, listen to a fireside chat, and find moments of collaboration. Food, drinks, and an incredible community are included in this entirely free gathering.

‍As a thank you to everyone who supports All Tech Is Human and the growing responsible tech movement, the first 65 attendees will receive a free copy of Kashmir Hill's new book, Your Face Belongs To Us!

About Kashmir Hill's Your Face Belongs To Us

New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control. Could it be true?

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Monday
October 9, 2023
6:00 pm

LoCATION

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

agenda

Speakers

Kashmir Hill

Technology Reporter
The New York Times
Biography

Kashmir Hill is a tech reporter at The New York Times, where her writing about the intersection of privacy and technology pioneered the genre. Hill has worked and written for a number of publications, including The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Gizmodo, Popular Science, Forbes, and many others.

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October 9, 2023
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Attend All Tech Is Human's popular monthly series in NYC which brings together a broad range of backgrounds who are all committed to tackling wicked tech & society issues and co-creating a tech future aligned with the public interest!

All of our Responsible Tech Mixers reach capacity (venue fits 200). Come meet others who are focused on building a better tech future, share resources and learn from each other, listen to a fireside chat, and find moments of collaboration. Food, drinks, and an incredible community are included in this entirely free gathering.

‍As a thank you to everyone who supports All Tech Is Human and the growing responsible tech movement, the first 65 attendees will receive a free copy of Kashmir Hill's new book, Your Face Belongs To Us!

About Kashmir Hill's Your Face Belongs To Us

New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control. Could it be true?

When

October 9, 2023
6:00 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
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Agenda

Speakers

Kashmir Hill

Technology Reporter
The New York Times
Biography

Kashmir Hill is a tech reporter at The New York Times, where her writing about the intersection of privacy and technology pioneered the genre. Hill has worked and written for a number of publications, including The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Gizmodo, Popular Science, Forbes, and many others.

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Public Event

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All Tech is Human's Responsible Tech Mixer & Kashmir Hill Book Celebration!

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Attend All Tech Is Human's popular monthly series in NYC which brings together a broad range of backgrounds who are all committed to tackling wicked tech & society issues and co-creating a tech future aligned with the public interest!

All of our Responsible Tech Mixers reach capacity (venue fits 200). Come meet others who are focused on building a better tech future, share resources and learn from each other, listen to a fireside chat, and find moments of collaboration. Food, drinks, and an incredible community are included in this entirely free gathering.

‍As a thank you to everyone who supports All Tech Is Human and the growing responsible tech movement, the first 65 attendees will receive a free copy of Kashmir Hill's new book, Your Face Belongs To Us!

About Kashmir Hill's Your Face Belongs To Us

New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control. Could it be true?

when

Monday
October 9, 2023
6:00 pm

LoCATION

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

agenda

Speakers

Kashmir Hill

Technology Reporter
The New York Times
Biography

Kashmir Hill is a tech reporter at The New York Times, where her writing about the intersection of privacy and technology pioneered the genre. Hill has worked and written for a number of publications, including The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Gizmodo, Popular Science, Forbes, and many others.

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Attend All Tech Is Human's popular monthly series in NYC which brings together a broad range of backgrounds who are all committed to tackling wicked tech & society issues and co-creating a tech future aligned with the public interest!

All of our Responsible Tech Mixers reach capacity (venue fits 200). Come meet others who are focused on building a better tech future, share resources and learn from each other, listen to a fireside chat, and find moments of collaboration. Food, drinks, and an incredible community are included in this entirely free gathering.

‍As a thank you to everyone who supports All Tech Is Human and the growing responsible tech movement, the first 65 attendees will receive a free copy of Kashmir Hill's new book, Your Face Belongs To Us!

About Kashmir Hill's Your Face Belongs To Us

New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control. Could it be true?

speakers

Kashmir Hill

Technology Reporter
The New York Times
Biography

Kashmir Hill is a tech reporter at The New York Times, where her writing about the intersection of privacy and technology pioneered the genre. Hill has worked and written for a number of publications, including The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Gizmodo, Popular Science, Forbes, and many others.

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WHEN

Monday, October 9, 2023
6:00 pm

WHERE

Betaworks
29 Little West 12th Street
New York, NY 10014

Agenda

Tools
For
Thinking

How New Technologies are Changing How We Create, Share, and Build Knowledge

When

October 9, 2023
6:00 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
or livestream
Proof of Full Vaccination Required

RENDER is Over, but Camp is just beginning

We had some great speakers and participants turn out for Render, and we all got to participate in very interesting conversations. You can find recordings of all of our sessions below. If you're working on a Tool for Thinking and want to participate in our upcoming accelerator program, you can learn more here.

Building Bicycles for the Mind

Attend All Tech Is Human's popular monthly series in NYC which brings together a broad range of backgrounds who are all committed to tackling wicked tech & society issues and co-creating a tech future aligned with the public interest!

All of our Responsible Tech Mixers reach capacity (venue fits 200). Come meet others who are focused on building a better tech future, share resources and learn from each other, listen to a fireside chat, and find moments of collaboration. Food, drinks, and an incredible community are included in this entirely free gathering.

‍As a thank you to everyone who supports All Tech Is Human and the growing responsible tech movement, the first 65 attendees will receive a free copy of Kashmir Hill's new book, Your Face Belongs To Us!

About Kashmir Hill's Your Face Belongs To Us

New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a face and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person’s online life: their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control. Could it be true?

Speakers

Howard

Rheingold

Author
Tools for Thought
@hrheingold

Kashmir

Hill

Technology Reporter
The New York Times
@kashhill

Schedule

11:30 AM
Doors Open
12:00 PM
Welcome
with MC
12:10 PM – 12:20 PM
How Do We Define Tools for Thinking and Why Do They Matter?
Join Jerry Michalski and John Borthwick as they talk about their interest in tools for thinking, and what excites them the most about the future of the category.
12:20 PM – 12:50 PM
Inflection Points for Tools for Thinking
What are the key inflection points that will supercharge Tools for Thinking in the near future? How will new technologies, user metaphors, and funding models change how people build these tools? John Borthwick will be discussing how the landscape is changing with the co-founders of Readwise, Daniel Doyon & Tristan Homsi.
12:50 PM – 1:00 PM
Q+A
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Demo: Protocol Design for Tools for Thinking
Gordon Brander will be presenting a brief demo on Subconscious and the Noosphere, products he and his team are working on to allow Tools for Thinking to become interoperable and better connected.
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
The History and Future of Software as Tools for Thinking
Some of the earliest examples of software explored by pioneers like Doug Engelbart, JCR Licklider, Alan Turing, and others were at their core technologies that help magnify, inspect, and spread our ideas. Jerry Michalski will be sitting down (virtually) with Howard Rheingold, author of Tools for Thought, to explore the history and future of "mind-amplifying technology".
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Q+A
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tools for Thinking Product Demos
We’ll hear from builders and thinkers deep in the space and get to take a look at what they’re working on. We’ll be checking out Plexus, Re:Collect, Jerry’s Brain, Subconscious and more. 
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Leveraging AI and ML in Building New Tools for Thinking
Alice Albrecht and Linus Lee will be sitting down with Chris Pedregal to discuss their work in leveraging AI and Machine Learning for creating new kinds of tools for thinking.
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Q+A
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Idea Dimensionality and Representing Semantic Meaning
How do ideas - and the human brains that make and hold them - interact?  Get prepared for meta! Esther Dyson and Jerry Michalski, will discuss the idea of how people work together to shape, compare, intertwine and ultimately produce multi-faceted ideas and multi-dimensional idea spaces.  As David Waltz (Thinking Machines) once said, “Words are not in themselves carriers of meaning, but merely pointers to shared understanding.” Watch and lob questions as the two of them try to build and share the idea of how better ideas can be developed through collaboration.
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Q+A
5:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Closing and Happy Hour

Proof of Full Vaccination Required

Betaworks requires all visitors to show proof of full vaccination to enter. No exceptions. Two ways that you can show proof:
  • Official vaccine card with at least 2 weeks having passed since the date of the last required dose (1 dose for J&J/AstraZeneca, 2 for Pfizer/Moderna)
  • An active digital pass such as the NY State Excelsior Pass or the CLEAR app
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