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X-WR-CALNAME:Entering a New Era of Human Civilization: A Discussion with Cr
 aig Mundie and Tom Friedman
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DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Stanford University's Human-Centered Artificial In
 telligence\, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies\, Stanford
  Data Science\, and Starling Lab.\n\nJoin us for a fireside chat about AI'
 s impact on the world with distinguished technology executive Craig Mundie
  and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.\n\nFormer Stanford Presiden
 t John Hennessy will moderate the discussion. Welcome remarks will be prov
 ided by Colin Kahl\, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for Internat
 ional Studies. The event will conclude with a Q&A session.\n\nIn-person at
 tendance is at capacity.\n\nTo join virtually\, register via Zoom.\n\nAs A
 I continues its unprecedented transformation of our world\, Craig and Tom 
 will discuss their 25-year friendship and the recent trends that led them 
 to conclude\, in a recent op-ed\, that we’ve entered a new era of human 
 civilization.\n\nWhat do we call this new era? What will the impact be on 
 our daily lives\, and our geopolitics? Craig and Tom will answer these que
 stions by discussing a new technical and normative framework to establish 
 trust in AI systems. This work emerged from conversations with leaders acr
 oss the U.S.\, Europe\, and China\, and has now arrived at Stanford as par
 t of a new multi-department Stanford initiative researching AI trust frame
 works.\n\nJoin us for an interactive session to learn more about the proje
 ct and explore how you can get involved.\n\n***\n\nThomas Friedman is an i
 nternationally known journalist and author. His foreign affairs column in 
 The New York Times\, which he has written since 1995\, reports on U.S. dom
 estic politics and foreign policy\, Middle East conflicts\, international 
 economics\, environment\, biodiversity and energy. Friedman’s previous r
 oles at the Times\, which he joined in 1981\, include Jerusalem bureau chi
 ef\, chief diplomatic correspondent and international economics correspond
 ent. He is the author of seven best-selling books: Thank you For Being Lat
 e\; That Used to Be Us (co-written with Michael Mandelbaum)\; Hot\, Flat\,
  and Crowded\; The World Is Flat\; Longitudes and Attitudes\; The Lexus an
 d the Olive Tree and From Beirut to Jerusalem. Friedman has won the Pulitz
 er Prize three times for his work at the Times and the National Book Award
  for From Beirut to Jerusalem.\n\nCraig Mundie is a distinguished technolo
 gy executive with a career defined by significant contributions to the tec
 hnology industry and public policy. He advises organizations and governmen
 ts on emerging technologies\, particularly in areas such as fusion energy\
 , cybersecurity\, quantum computing\, molecular medicine\, and artificial 
 intelligence.\n\nMundie spent 22 years at Microsoft\, holding leadership r
 oles including chief technical officer\, chief research and strategy offic
 er\, and senior advisor to the CEO\, where he shaped the company’s techn
 ology strategy and research initiatives. He continues to advise Microsoft 
 on strategic initiatives. In addition to his corporate achievements\, Mund
 ie served for 10 years on the U.S. National Security Telecommunications Ad
 visory Committee\, offering critical and trusted guidance to three U.S. ad
 ministrations on tech and national security. He was also part of President
  Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) for 8 yea
 rs\, helping shape national science and technology policies.\n\nMundie is 
 a leading advocate for responsible technology development\, particularly i
 n the fields of artificial intelligence\, advanced computing systems\, and
  global technology policy. He co-authored Genesis: Artificial Intelligence
 \, Hope\, and the Human Spirit with Eric Schmidt and Henry Kissinger. Mund
 ie currently co-chairs a track II dialogue with China on artificial intell
 igence\, continuing his work in global technology policy and innovation.\n
 \nMODERATOR:\nJohn Hennessy (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) 
 is the James F. and Mary Lynn Gibbons Professor in the Stanford School of 
 Engineering\, and the Shriram Family Director of Stanford’s Knight-Henne
 ssy Scholars\, the largest fully endowed graduate-level scholarship progra
 m in the world. He is chairman of Alphabet and a trustee of the Gordon and
  Betty Moore Foundation. Formerly the tenth president of Stanford\, he is 
 also a computer scientist who cofounded MIPS Computer Systems and Atheros 
 Communications. He was awarded the National Science Board Vannevar Bush Aw
 ard in 2024 and he was co-awarded the Association for Computing Machinery 
 A.M. Turing Prize in 2017. John earned his undergraduate degree from Villa
 nova University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in computer scienc
 e from Stony Brook University\, New York.
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SUMMARY:Entering a New Era of Human Civilization: A Discussion with Craig M
 undie and Tom Friedman
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