Bestselling author of The AGI Chronicles, co-host of NPR’s Machine Gods, and contributing writer at The Atlantic, will be discussing his history covering AI, will answer questions from the audience, and will sign books after the event. Questions can be submitted ahead of time here. The first 25 people to submit a quesiton will receive Kevin’s latest book at the event.
Worried that he was not ready for a world dominated by AI, automation, and mind-morphing algorithms, Kevin decided to do what reporters do: he interviewed experts, read a ton of books and papers, and went in search of answers. The result was his book, Futureproof, a guide to surviving the technological future. Originally published in 2021, Futureproof was rereleased in September 2023 to address the more recent trends in AI and technology and how to work with them rather than against them.
Kevin was the host of two New York Times podcasts: Hard Fork, a weekly chat show with Casey Newton about the wild frontier of technology, and Rabbit Hole, an eight-part series released in 2020 about how the internet is influencing our beliefs and behavior.
