Monday, October 8, 2012

TechXploration Meetup

TechXploration is continuing their speaker series tomorrow (October 9th) with the topic "Why Computers Will [Not] Take Over the World." While many people believe that computers with artificial intelligence will one day outperform people with real-world problems, the speaker in this event is taking the opposite stance. To boot there will be craft beer tasting and from now on TechXploration is going to support a local San Jose restaurant with each event. To sign up and for location information, just click here.



Come Xplore the fundamental insight powering "Silicon Valley's Next Billion-Dollar Company" (TechCrunch) and "The War on Terror's Secret Weapon" (BusinessWeek): 
Computers Will [Not] Take Over the World: but will help us save it.
According to Palantir senior engineer & big data expert, Ari Gesher, the most powerful systems will be those that augment human intelligence, not attempt to recreate it.
Join us for a talk about:
  1. How humans and computers working in collaboration can outperform any computer in existence
  2. How artificial intelligence wrongfully hijacked the technology world for almost 15 years
  3. A number of complex real-world problems where the only solution is human-computer symbiosis, because automation fails
  4. How Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies built a Java-based human-computer collaboration system that is being used by government agencies, large financial institutions and police departments around the globe

RSVP now to reserve your spot.
Craft beer by the cup + beer tasting + local cuisine* starting @ 7:08 PM
Presentation + Q&A @ 7:39 PM

About Palantir:
Palantir builds software that helps save lives, solve crimes, protect civil liberties, prevent disease and curb fraud by allowing organizations to make sense of massive amounts of disparate data.

* Now featuring Free local cuisine: supporting San Jose local restaurants!
At every TechXploration, we will support a San Jose-based restaurant (recommended by you!) for delicious event eats. What is your favorite local restaurant? Post it to the wall!

About Ari Gesher:
  • Senior Engineer, responsible for developing Palantir's platform/operating system
  • Currently working on: Palantir's developer APIs for backend services and the systems engineering that goes into Palantir's servers

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting this. We went last night and the event was great! The food was catered by BackAYard and there was a variety of beers to choose from. I am definitely not Tech savvy but the speaker, Ari, kept me interested the whole time. I'm looking forward to next month's event!

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    1. Back A Yard... I love that place. One of my favorite new Downtown restaurants of 2012.

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