TRAVERSE CITY—Everyone is discussing what AI may become, but few have thought how it may transform the human race.
 
Generation AI—those who are born after 2022—will be the first humans to grow up in a world of immersive AI, intelligent robots, and the increasingly thin boundary between the born and the made. This generation will differ fundamentally from us, yet their future is our future too. On Sunday, August 9 at the City Opera House, futurist, scholar and entrepreneur Gregory Stock, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “The Book of Questions,” will talk with Jordan Lindberg, a digital commerce entrepreneur and former university philosophy instructor.
 
Stock has turned his curious mind to artificial intelligence, asking questions that delve into the evolution of humans, who are now living side-by-side with a super brain with no shortage of capacity for infiltrating the most intimate corners of our lives. With predictions of a post-literate world and sending data centers into space, Gregory Stock wants you to think about the implications of this new technology. His new book, Generation AI: The Transformation of Human Being, is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the profound transformation already underway—and our place within it. 
 
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Gregory Stock is a leading authority on the broad impacts of advanced technology in the life sciences. He holds a doctorate in biophysics from Johns Hopkins and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an adjunct professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, where he co-directed the Harris Center for Precision Wellness and worked on the foundations of NextGen wellness and healthcare. He founded and directed the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at UCLA’s School of Medicine. He co-founded Signum Biosciences and sits on the board of its spinout, Signum Dermalogix—the creators of the Epicutis suite of skincare products. He is the CEO of Socratic Sciences, which leverages the power of questioning to help people better understand themselves and others, deepen relationships, and reduce social isolation. 
 
Guest host Jordan Lindberg is a digital commerce entrepreneur, contract manufacturer, importer, and logistics industry expert who divides his year between Leelanau County and Fort Myers, Florida. Prior to his business career, he taught philosophy at Central Michigan University for a decade. He holds an A.B. from Albion College, an M.A. from Michigan State, and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
 
Thanks to Our Sponsors!
NWS is grateful for our supporters, including event sponsor Boomerang Catapult, livestreaming sponsor Nancy Davy, sustaining sponsor Greenbrick Foundation, and season sponsors: Greenleaf Trust, image360, Cottage Books, NorthGuard Technology Group, and Golden Fowler Home Furnishings. Thanks also go to the Traverse City Record-Eagle, our media sponsor.
 
*NWS is offering a $5 ticket discount to Traverse Connect members. Please type in the code “AI” when ordering your City Opera House ticket.