Progress and Poverty: The Great Debate – Episode 1: Is AI a Curse or a Blessing for Humanity?
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2024-09-24 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
https://www.hgsss.org/progress-and-poverty-the-great-debate-episode-1-is-ai-a-curse-or-a-blessing-for-humanity/
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Progress and Poverty: The Great Debate – Episode 1: Is AI a Curse or a Blessing for Humanity?

Please join us as we inaugurate our Great Debate series with an interactive conversation between James Cusick and Tom Rossman on artificial intelligence.

Our debaters:

James Cusick is an Independent IT Consultant specializing in Software Engineering and Cybersecurity. Previously James was Senior Director IT Strategy and Operations & Distinguished Engineer with Wolters Kluwer. Earlier James held leadership and technical roles at Dell, Bell Laboratories, and AT&T Labs.

James is currently a Visiting Associate Researcher at Ritsumeikan University in Japan and a former Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Department of Computer Science. James has served as a Board Trustee at the Henry George School of Social Science since 2020 where he researches topics in Innovation and Economics.

James has published over 100 papers and articles and two recent books on IT. He is an IEEE Senior Member, an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor, and a recipient of the IEEE Japan Medal.

Tom Rossman spent his career investigating how people around the world can think and interact more effectively. As a young executive in finance, he was an early champion of emerging markets, investing in newly emerging markets far ahead of the crowd. Following Communism’s collapse, Mr. Rossman took a key role in bringing American capital and investment to the developing markets of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Turkey and North Africa. Mr. Rossman studied religion and history at Nyack College and did his master’s work in international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York.

Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET

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