Faces of AI: A live performance

Last week, I staged a live performance of Faces of Artificial Intelligence!

A Faces of AI video doesn't exist yet (forthcoming :), so this performance was the debut. It was at FutureWorks — Indeed.com's flagship HR leadership conference.

Backing up for a sec: how did this come about??

Crazy story: a Marketing Director from Indeed.com was at TED, and loved my talk. She invited me to give a similar talk at FutureWorks. But instead of Faces of Capitalism, she requested Faces of AI. Which makes sense — the HR industry is already experiencing AI disruption. So much so that....Indeed's Marketing Director who invited me to speak at FutureWorks was then let go in a round of AI-driven layoffs! Oy. But she'd already made the handoff, and my presentation proceeded.

At TED, capitalism is somewhat theoretical. But at FutureWorks, AI is real.

And I could feel that in the audience. After our presentation, so many people came up to thank me — because we spoke precisely to the optimistic vs. pessimistic AI debate that was happening at the conference, and offered a more realistic and comprehensive view. People were especially grateful for the message of synthesis given that Charlie Kirk had been shot the day before ❤️‍🩹

So...what wisdom did we offer this AI-rattled industry? See what you think:

And when will there be a video for Faces of AI? Hopefully by November. There will be more than 2 perspectives before we get to synthesis — likely 8 or 9! Including China. FUN. Stay tuned...