The annual technology, design and entertainment conference known for “ideas worth spreading” used a significant portion of its latest event in Vancouver to try to wrap attendees’ heads around the now fast-moving field of artificial intelligence (AI).
“AI is alarming and amazing all at once,” said TED’s head and curator Chris Anderson during the five-day conference’s opening on Monday at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Of the nearly 80 people who delivered talks at the conference, at least a fifth directly addressed developments in AI and its potential to uplift life on the planet with medical, environmental or communications breakthroughs — and also disrupt through misinformation, or worse.
TED, which for decades has attracted top names
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