Your enthusiasm and engagement have fueled inspiring conversations and brought our community together. Together, we are celebrating diverse voices and powerful stories that resonate deeply.
Stay tuned for updates on our following lineup of speakers, and thank you once again for being an essential part of this journey!
David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government at Harvard University, New York Times best-selling author.
Harvard professor and New York Times best-selling author Steven Levitsky, a leading expert on democracy and authoritarianism, tackles urgent questions of our time. As the United States navigates a transition toward multiracial democracy—a rare feat in history—this shift has triggered a backlash threatening the core of our political system. Why is democracy faltering here, but not in other wealthy, diverse nations? And how can we safeguard it?
Levitsky will highlight important challenges facing our country and call for bold political reform. The United States stands at a pivotal moment.
Moderated by Mindy Todd, Managing Director of Editorial, "The Point" Host and Producer, CAI
With Jonathan Zittrain, ofessor of International Law, Harvard Law School
Jonathan L. Zittrain, a Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School, is also a professor of computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and co-founded the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He has written several books on the future of the digital space.
The latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have produced bots that appear to outperform most students on graduate school admission exams. They can also do programming homework and write papers at a passing level. They can imitate a celebrity or politician in a convincing way. They can also cheerfully hallucinate and deceive -- in ways that seem very hard to fix. How does this kind of AI actually work? How much better is it likely to get?
In this talk, Prof. Zittrain helps us understand the technology as a way of teeing up the larger and increasingly pressing questions about how it will impact society. What will generative AI do to institutions and social trust in our democracy? How, if at all, should it be regulated?
Moderated by Mindy Todd, Managing Director of Editorial, "The Point" Host and Producer, CAI
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Programs will be cancelled if the speaker is unable to travel to Cape Cod or if the Town of Barnstable experiences a Weather Emergency. For possible cancellations due to weather, please consult our website at capecodspeakers.org
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