We're all familiar with cybersecurity threats. Stories of companies being hacked and data and secrets being stolen abound. Now we have generative AI to throw fuel on the fire. I don't know much about cybersecurity, but Matthew does. In this conversation, he provides some fun and scary stories about how hackers have operated in the past, how they can leverage genAI to get access to things they shouldn't have access to, and what cybersecurity professionals are doing to slow them down. Matthew Rosenquist is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Eclipz, the former Cybersecurity Strategist for Intel Corp, and benefits from over 30+ diverse years in the fields of cyber, physical, and information security. Matthew specializes in security strategy, measuring value, developing best-practices for cost-effective capabilities, and establishing organizations that deliver optimal levels of cybersecurity, privacy, governance, ethics, and safety. As a cybersecurity CISO and strategist, he identifies emerging risks and opportunities to help organizations balance threats, costs, and usability factors to achieve an optimal level of security. Matthew is very active in the industry. He is an experienced keynote speaker, collaborates with industry partners to tackle pressing problems and has published acclaimed articles, white papers, blogs, and videos on a wide range of cybersecurity topics. Matthew is a member of multiple advisory boards and consults on best-practices and emerging risks to academic, business, and government audiences across the globe.

Digital twins: they're not just a sci-fi doppelganger—they're a game-changing technology that can simulate real-world scenarios in real-time. My latest chat with Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes opened my eyes to the Pandora's Box of ethics we're cracking open.  It's a moral labyrinth. I went from "Why should I care?" to "Oh, I really SHOULD care," and trust me, you will too. Ingrid is a deep-tech, healthcare, and life sciences executive, who is highly dedicated to digital and ethics advocacy. She is a well-known futurist, globalist, digital strategist, passionate educator, and entrepreneurship ecosystem builder, known as a global thought leader for Blockchain, AI, Quantum Technology, Digital Twins, and Smart Cities. She serves on the Board of numerous organizations and held several leadership roles in the corporate, academic, and not-for-profit arenas throughout her career. She is the recipient of several awards and serves as an Expert Advisor to the EU Blockchain Observatory Forum, a Forbes Business Council member, and an Advisor to the UN Legal and Economic Empowerment Network. She continues to enjoy teaching Ethical Leadership, Innovation, and Digital Transformation at the WBAF Business School-Division of Entrepreneurship, and the University of Miami Business School, the Executive MBA Program.

One company builds the model. Another tweaks the model. Who’s responsible when things go sideways? ___________ David Danks is a Professor of Data Science & Philosophy and affiliate faculty in Computer Science & Engineering at University of California, San Diego. His research interests range widely across philosophy, cognitive science, and machine learning, including their intersection. Danks has examined the ethical, psychological, and policy issues around AI and robotics in transportation, healthcare, privacy, and security. He has also done significant research in computational cognitive science and developed multiple novel causal discovery algorithms for complex types of observational and experimental data. Danks is the recipient of a James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar Award, as well as an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. He currently serves on multiple advisory boards, including the National AI Advisory Committee.

You might think it's outrageous that companies collect data about you and use it in various ways to drive profits. The business model of the "attention" economy is often objected to on just these grounds. On the other hand, does it really matter if data about you is collected and no person ever looks at that data? Is that really an invasion of your privacy? Carissa and I discuss all this and more. I push the skeptical line, trying on the position that it doesn't really matter all that much. Carissa has powerful arguments against me. This conversation goes way deeper than 'privacy good/data collection bad' statements we see all the time. I hope you enjoy! ___ Carissa Véliz is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Institute for Ethics in AI, and a Fellow at Hertford College at the University of Oxford. She is the recipient of the 2021 Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy. She is the author of the highly-acclaimed Privacy Is Power (an Economist book of the year, 2020) and the editor of the Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics. She advises private and public organisations around the world on privacy and the ethics of AI.

Job automation, human creativity, and generative AI in higher education, all wrapped into one. Questions include: Will there be fewer jobs for designers because gen AI will create marketing materials, websites, etc.? Will cameras go the way of the dark room? What’s the role of Gen AI in fine art? What do art teachers in higher Ed do about the new tool? As an artist and faculty at the School of Visual Arts, Eric is in a rare position to have insight into all of this. And he’s been my closest friend for the last 25 years :) --- Eric Corriel is a multidisciplinary artist living in New York City. After graduating from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, he went on to get a Diplôme National d’Arts Plastiques from the École Régionale Supérieure d’Expression Plastique in Tourcoing, France. Currently living in New York City, Eric takes the urban landscape as a medium in which to create site-specific installations. He also teaches Artist as Activist at School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he is also Digital Strategy Director. Eric is a two-time New York State Council on the Arts grant recipient, two-time Webby Award winner, and New York Foundation of the Arts Fellow