Brian Seth Hurst
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- Milken Institute59 min
Artificial Intelligence: Beyond the Robot Singularity
Rich Karlgaard, Tom Bianculli, Virginie Maisonneuve, Sumant Mandal, Usman Shuja, Tom Siebel, Brian Seth Hurst, Francois Benemias
Industry leaders warn that the global software market is expanding at an unprecedented pace while 70% of current Fortune 500 incumbents risk obsolescence without aggressive AI adoption. The event analyzes the geopolitical race for dominance, data sovereignty shifts, and the transition from static record-keeping to dynamic systems that drive real-time decision-making across sectors like energy and defense. Experts conclude that despite exponential compute gains, scaling relies on overcoming organizational inertia and preparing a workforce for imminent economic displacement through automation.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Ready Player All? Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Realities
Charles Melcher, Nonny de la Peña, Colin Decker, Molly DeWolf Swenson, Brian Seth Hurst, Jake Zim
Industry leaders and investors from Sony Pictures, Within, and Immomatic discuss the transition of immersive media from a hardware-limited novelty to a mature sector projected to attract over $200 billion by 2021. The panel highlights a strategic pivot toward standalone hardware enabled by 5G and narrative innovations that guide audience attention, expanding applications from cinematic storytelling to critical uses in education, journalism, and healthcare. Despite persistent adoption barriers like headset weight and cost, experts emphasize an ethical responsibility to prioritize emotional connection and informed collaboration between storytellers and technologists.