AI and What Makes Us Human, a Fireside Chat with Camille Carlton

Join All Tech Is Human's founder, David Ryan Polgar, for a fireside chat with Center for Humane Technology's Camille Carlton about what it means to be human in the age of AI.

We're told AI will give us everything we want, instantly and effortlessly — the perfect playlist, the ideal trip, the answer to any question.But a decade of algorithmic recommendation systems already showed us what happens when a handful of platforms decide what culture we see: our tastes narrow, our choices converge, and the same songs, restaurants, and aesthetics rise to the top everywhere.

What's less visible is why. To build a system that can predict and automate what we want, AI companies need something from us first: the intangible, hard-to-quantify parts of being human — our words, our habits, our relationships, our inner lives — turned into data, and data into product. This is the monetization of the human experience, and it's the engine behind the frictionless world being sold to us.

The more of ourselves we hand over, the more "effortless" the system gets and the less room is left for the friction that actually makes us who we are.

About Camille Carlton
Camille is the Senior Director of Strategy and Impact at Center for Humane Technology, where she shapes organizational strategy to ensure technology is designed and developed in the public interest. Recognized as one of Business Insider's AI 100 in 2023, Camille works at the cutting edge of the biggest debates in tech and society. Camille has been featured in Bloomberg, NBC News, and The New York Times, and her work has been published in Science and Tech Policy Press.

About All Tech Is Human
All Tech Is Human is a non-profit organization that provides a sandbox for solution-building and socialization to influence key levers of change. We take a whole-of-ecosystem approach to tackle thorny tech & society issues, shape the Responsible Tech movement, and ensure that our tech future is aligned with the public interest. Our activities span three key areas: multistakeholder community-building, educational resources, and career-related activities to help diversify the pipeline.

Read our Responsible Tech Guide and numerous reports and guides, join our Slack community of 15k members across 115 countries, attend our in-person gatherings and livestreams, participate in our working groups, utilize our Responsible Tech Job Board, take our new Responsible AI courses, and attend our Responsible Tech Summit (in-person & virtual) on October 29. See all of our projects here.

About BrainStation

BrainStation is the global leader in digital skills learning and workforce transformation. They empower businesses and professionals to succeed in the digital age by equipping them with the necessary skills to create value in fields such as AI, data, design, marketing and product.

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