Join Michael Compton as he examines the present and future of ‘Big AI’ in this 2-part series, which delves into the convergence of new deep learning AI models with unprecedented parallel computing power, massive datasets, and deep corporate investment that is poised to have a transformative impact on all of society.

In the first talk on Wed 3/22/23, Michael looks at the underlying technology, as well as infrastructure, behind the Big Tech language models and discusses the opportunities and challenges in integrating this technology into your business. He examines the sudden rise of transformers and their impressive capability to engage in complex human-like conversation. While this is a fundamental revolution in itself, transformers are not just limited to language but can disrupt almost every corner of our economy in only a few years.

In the 2nd talk in this series, 2 weeks later on Wed 4/5/23, we will look at the arrival of multimodal AI. Beginning with the new “AI Art” generators, we will then look at even more advanced multimodal AIs that can “think” across diverse forms of data, such as vision, audio, olfactory, chemistry, code, text, images, and many others. This 2-part series concludes by considering whether multimodal AI is a key stepping stone towards achieving an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) that can perform any task that a human can, across a wide range of domains, with or without supervision.

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Michael Compton is a multi-talented expert in Service Design and CX Strategy who facilitates the development of new services and customer experiences in different cultures, sectors and categories, within cross-functional teams and production pipelines of different sizes.

As an entrepreneur, Michael has launched 4 different successful start-ups, 3 of them achieving annual multiple $MM revenues, while raising $10MM in venture capital. As an organization builder, Michael has navigated the change from lean start ups to structured management teams, as well as helping technical service firms become strategic consultancies.

Michael is CX Innovation Lab Program Manager for the Denison Edge program, operated by Denison University .

Among Michael’s previous roles, he served as Innovative Media Domain Expert for Amazon Web Services and Assistant Professor, Master of User Experience Design Graduate Program at Columbus College of Art & Design .

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Like all TIGER Events, this one is FREE.

Timeline:

11:30 am – Lunch / Socializing

11:50 am – Introduce yourself to our crowd (your “best 20 seconds”)

12:05 pm – Hand-off to Mike

1:00 pm – Wrap / T-Shirt Drawing / More Socializing

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