Artificial Intelligence and White Collar Jobs

November 18, 2016

You are invited to a special AI and machine learning meeting, organised by the Digital and Social Media Leadership Forum (DSMLF), and hosted by PwC. This meeting will explore how these fast-changing technologies are set to fundamentally re-make the world of white collar work.

The meeting will also consider the social, economic and security implications of these emerging technologies, and discuss the best strategies companies can adopt to adjust to the disruption these technologies present whilst benefiting from the gains on offer.

Important: Due to security processes at the venue, no-one can be admitted without prior registration via Eventbrite.

Massive troves of data and deep learning technologies are teaching computers to see, understand natural language, and think as humans do. This brings many capabilities within AI grasp which formerly were the exclusive possession of humans.

Tech giants like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Amazon have been racing to acquire AI start-ups, to establish a foothold on the next wave of AI transformation.

Some companies are already integrating deep learning into their own day-to-day processes. Peter Lee, co-head of Microsoft Research, is reported as saying: “Our sales teams are using neural nets to recommend which prospects to contact next or what kinds of product offerings to recommend.” Andrew Ng, chief scientist at Baidu Research, has commented as follows: “In the past, a lot of S&P 500 CEOs wished they had started thinking sooner than they did about their Internet strategy. I think five years from now there will be a number of S&P 500 CEOs that will wish they’d started thinking earlier about their AI strategy.”

In this meeting you will meet and hear from some of the key AI start ups, which could help you shift your businesses to incorporate AI and machine learning features.

Logistics:

Thursday 24th November; 08:30 – 11:30.

The event will take place in Central London. Details of the venue, and how to enter the building, will be confirmed to by email a couple of days before the event, to people who have successfully registered via Eventbrite.

About the DSMLF:

The Digital and Social Media Leadership Foundation is a membership organisation with the goal of enabling members to stay abreast of new social and digital technology.

The DSMLF hosts regular monthly sessions in the offices of a variety of world leading member organisations based in London. These meetings are specially designed to be highly interactive and feature key contributions from independent experts and insights from your peers. This is a valuable opportunity for members to raise and discuss issues you cannot easily discuss elsewhere, and to collaborate in real-time with other top companies to get fast answers, practical ideas and share best practices.

For more details, see https://dsmlf.info/about/.

—Event Producer