Sana AI Summit 2024
May 15, Stockholm
On May 15 2024, we gathered some of the world’s most pioneering leaders, thinkers, and researchers to reflect on the new era of artificial intelligence.
Introduction
Lauren Crichton
Commercial Director, Sana
On the state of AI
Benedict Evans
Independent analyst
“We don't even know all the problems worth solving. They're still taking shape. But to find them and solve them, it's going to take courage and vision, persistent innovation and dedication. It's going to take our individual and collective integrity."
Lauren Crichton, Commercial Director Sana
Geoffrey’s thesis
Geoffrey Hinton
Computer scientist and cognitive psychologist
“I think the idea that GPT-4 is just regurgitating what it’s learned already is completely wrong. It’s going to be even more creative than people, I think.”
Geoffrey Hinton, Computer scientist and cognitive psychologist
On building Sana AI
Joel Hellermark
Founder and CEO, Sana
Daphne’s thesis
Daphne Koller
CEO and founder, insitro
On deep learning for cancer diagnosis
Regina Barzilay
Professor of AI and Health, MIT
“We hope that, as medicine continues, we will be able to learn and optimize the screening cycles for individual patients instead of giving everybody the same frequency.”
Regina Barzilay, Professor of AI and Health MIT
On the future of science and knowledge
Max Jaderberg
Chief AI Officer, Isomorphic Labs
Tuomas Sandholm
Computer scientist and entrepreneur
On the UI for AGI
Gustav Söderström
Co-President, CPO & CTO, Spotify
Carl Pei
CEO, Nothing
Josh Miller
CEO, The Browser Company
“If we just confine our science to having short human-understandable theories, we're going to miss out on a lot of opportunity.”
Tuomas Sandholm, Professor and entrepreneur
Max’s thesis
Max Tegmark
Physicist and AI researcher, MIT
“I think it’s rather up to us conscious living beings to create our own meaning. I don’t think the universe gives meaning to us. I think we give meaning to our universe.”
Max Tegmark, Physicist and AI researcher, MIT
On alternative intelligence
Jeanette Winterson
Author
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Lauren Crichton
Commercial Director, Sana
“AI has no skin color, no gender, no interest in faith wars, no hatred of the stranger. It's not incentivized by the levers of power and wealth that have dictated human experience. AI might not align with our values. And that might not be such a bad thing.”
Jeanette Winterson, Bestselling author and Professor of New Writing
Key speakers
2024
Geoffrey Hinton
Computer scientist and cognitive psychologist
Geoffrey Hinton has been called “the godfather of AI” and is considered one of the most prominent thought leaders on the emergence of artificial intelligence. He has served as a faculty member at Carnegie-Mellon and a fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He is now Emeritus Professor at the University of Toronto. In 2023, Geoffrey left his position at Google so that he could speak freely about AI’s impact on humankind.
Daphne Koller
CEO and founder, insitro
Daphne Koller is CEO and founder of insitro, a machine learning-driven drug discovery and development company. Daphne was the Rajeev Motwani Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, the co-CEO and president of Coursera, and the recipient of numerous prestigious prizes in computing and engineering, including the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Max Tegmark
Physicist and AI researcher, MIT
Max Tegmark is a professor doing AI and physics research at MIT as part of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence & Fundamental Interactions and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines. He is also the president of the Future of Life Institute and the author of the New York Times bestselling books Life 3.0 and Our Mathematical Universe. Max’s unorthodox ideas have earned him the nickname “Mad Max.”
Benedict Evans
Independent analyst
Benedict Evans is one of the world’s sharpest technology analysts. With 20 years of experience across investment banking, strategy consulting, and VC at Andreessen Horowitz, Ben now writes independently around consumer tech, ecosystems, and mobile platforms. His weekly newsletter is trusted by 175,000 subscribers.
Josh Miller
CEO, The Browser Company
Josh Miller is an eminent product and company builder on a mission to build a better internet. He co-founded Branch, served as Director of Product under The Obama Administration, invested at Thrive Capital, and is now the CEO and co-founder of The Browser Company—the organization behind Arc.
Max Jaderberg
Chief AI Officer, Isomorphic Labs
Max Jaderberg is Chief AI Officer at Isomorphic Labs, where he leads the research and application of machine learning for drug discovery. Prio to Iso, Max pioneered numerous algorithms at DeepMind by combining large-scale deep learning, reinforcement learning, and generative models. He was also the CEO and co-founder of the image recognition company Vision Factory.
Jeanette Winterson
Author
Jeanette Winterson OBE is a Sunday Times bestselling author and Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. Frequently published in the Guardian, Times, Observer, and New York Times, Jeanette released her first collection of essays on AI in 2019 to explore how the technology will shape the way we live and love.
Regina Barzilay
Professor of AI and Health, MIT
Regina Barzilay is a School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI & Health in the Department of Computer Science and the AI Faculty Lead at MIT Jameel Clinic. Her research has been recognized with the MacArthur Fellowship, an NSF Career Award, and the AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity. Regina is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine.
Tuomas Sandholm
Computer scientist and entrepreneur
Tuomas is a professor and entrepreneur. He’s published over 500 peer-reviewed papers, holds 29 patents, and applied AI to everything from $60 billion of the world’s most complex combinatorial auctions to running the US national kidney exchange.
He also knows a thing or two about games—having led a research group for over 20 years that developed the first superhuman AIs for two-player and multi-player no-limit Texas hold’em. Tuomas is on a mission to prove that game theory is directly useful by applying computational game theory to many high-stakes defense settings.
Gustav Söderström
Co-President, CPO & CTO, Spotify
Gustav Söderström is Spotify’s Co-president, CPO, and CTO. He is responsible for the company’s global product and technology strategy, overseeing the product, design, data, and engineering teams. Passionate about startups, Gustav has been both an early-stage investor and leader in companies acquired by Facebook and Yahoo.
Carl Pei
CEO, Nothing
Carl Pei is a prominent tech entrepreneur who co-founded the successful smartphone brand OnePlus before going on to establish London-based tech company Nothing. Known for his innovative vision and strategic leadership, Carl has been recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune’s 40 Under 40 lists.
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