Changemaker Speaker Series: Dan Riskin

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already changing the way we do art, business, finance, science, engineering, news, and social media. Soon it will disrupt the way we interact with one another. It may feel like a tidal wave, but that doesn’t mean it’s unpredictable. After all, this isn’t the first time intelligence has evolved. From dolphins to humans, cockroaches to cockatoos, every new group of intelligent creatures has appeared thanks to the emergent properties of neural networks — the very same process that spawned AI.

Join us on March 12 at the Victoria Conference Centre where renowned evolutionary biologist, TV presenter and author Dan Riskin explores how with each new intelligent form of life, predictable, repeatable trends have emerged. By understanding the predictable milestones that emerge from evolution and using them to guide AI strategy, we can seize the power of evolutionary change to come out ahead.