Open VISIONS Forum: Radhika Dirks - Thursday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Stunning advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are changing our world.

AI is being used to discover new drugs, to automate medical and scientific procedures, and to change how we think and write.

Radhika Dirks, a leading expert in AI and an acknowledged tech visionary who conveys powerful insights in ways that everyone can understand, will examine cutting-edge issues that affect us all. She believes in the power of “moonshots”—bold ideas that change everything—and sees AI as the key to making moonshots a reality. At the same time, Dirks understands that innovative technologies can do harm, and her presentation will explain both risks and benefits.

Radhika Dirks is CEO and co-founder of XLabs, a company that creates artificial intelligence solutions for huge challenges—like getting closer to the cure for cancer. She co-founded Seldn, an AI start-up that accurately predicted the rise of ISIS two weeks before The New York Times coined the term. Forbes named her one of its “30 Women in AI to Watch,” and she has been featured in Fast Company, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PATRICK J. WAIDE '59 AND THE WAIDE CENTER FOR APPLIED ETHICS.