It may feel like we’ve hit ‘peak AI’, but the transformation has only just begun! This session will be a live recording of the AI fluency sprint, with special guest host Rae Johnston from Queens of the Drone Age. Experts from the University of Sydney and Deloitte will discuss the state of AI. Large language learning models like ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion give us a glimpse of how versatile and far-reaching these foundation models can be. But how should businesses, organisations, and the people who work for them, prepare? It involves knowing how AI works, what it can do, and what that means for the future: being AI fluent. As the saying goes – AI isn’t coming for your job, someone who knows how to use it better is. We’ll discuss the ethics of AI and how to design work so that people collaborate with AI (and not have their jobs ruined by it). And this session will also cover AI strategy: how can you use AI strategically in your life or your organisation? The transformative technology of the 21st century has arrived: are you ready?

Artificial intelligence can do all sorts of amazing things, from recommending shows on Netflix to analysing medical images. But can it actually contribute to one of the most challenging of human intellectual endeavours: pure mathematics? Geordie Williamson is one of the world’s foremost mathematicians. He’s well known for his contributions to representation theory, a branch of pure maths. Geordie has worked with AI on some seriously thorny problems, some of which have gone unsolved for 40 years. Geordie recently teamed up with AI lab DeepMind to use machine learning to explore conjectures and suggest new mathematical theorems. How did that go? Did they help him to a higher level of perception? Or was the AI’s only contribution something like: “Seriously, have you heard Joe Rogan’s latest truth bomb?” Find out as Australia’s favourite maths geek, Adam Spencer, wrestles with one of our most amazing minds.

Free form no holds barred discussions with some of the most exciting minds at SXSW, expertly curated by one of the brightest and funniest hosts in the business, Adam Spencer.