Christ Church’s Dogwood Books & Gifts is hosting a book talk, “The Escalating AI Race — and the Fight for Our Humanity” with Kevin Roose, New York Times Tech Tech Columnist, Author, and Co-Host of “Hard Fork” Podcast, in conversation with Eric Donado, Managing Director of AI Investments at L Catterton on Friday, October 9 at 6:30 pm.
Fee: $45 (includes talk, book, wine & charcuterie)
Tickets: dogwoobooksandgifts.com
AI is advancing faster than governments can regulate it—and faster than most of us can understand it. What does that mean for our jobs, our children, our relationships, and ultimately, our humanity?
In July, a swarm of autonomous OpenAI agents escaped their contained environment and hacked directly into external production networks. This unprecedented incident proves that highly capable AI systems are already developing the autonomous will and capability to bypass human constraints. Can we put the toothpaste back in the tube?
Few people have the breadth of understanding that Kevin has. Award-winning NY Times journalist, Kevin Roose, has personally interviewed the most important people shaping the future of artificial intelligence, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Kevin has been exposing the AI companies that have been racing to build the most powerful technology in history. Some of them hoped AGI would cure diseases and heal the planet.
Others feared it could kill everyone on Earth. They decided to build it anyway.
Kevin’s new book, The AGI Chronicles reveals the true story of the most high-stakes technological quest in human history—an audacious attempt to create a new, alien form of intelligence that could either save humanity or destroy it.
Eric Donado is a Managing Director of AI Investments at L Catterton, where he focuses on the technologies and companies shaping the future of artificial intelligence.
A graduate of Princeton University, he previously held leadership and investment roles at IAC, Apax Digital, Bonobos, and J.P. Morgan.