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To tonight at the event, calvin baker talking about a more Perfect Union race integration, and the future of america. Tonights event is part of our ongoing event series, bringing authors during a difficult time. And this event. The you and a button. Included a link to our website. Or you already have a book or would like to contribute to this series, we included in that button. Send to us at this time. If you participated, technical glitches may come up. We will solve any issues. I am pleased to introduce tonights speaker, novelist and journalist, author of four claims novels with the finalists for best fiction and he previously taught at Middlebury College in san francisco. New York Times Magazine and elsewhere. The Senior Editor at world books, New York Times bestselling author michael smith. Before this we would see. A more a more Perfect Union race integration, and the future of america, captivating portrait of the historic united states. Spanning the first conference. Incremental
Hello and welcome to tonight virtual commonwealth program. My name is reed im a Technology Reporter with the Washington Post for employees to be the moderator for tonights program on a critical topic historical importance of the transformation brought on by artificial intelligent and virtual environments. As we have seen so acutely over the past three months with the covid19 pandemic in the social media with the killing of george floyd in minneapolis and its aftermath technology in online environments guide every aspect of our lives. Tonight i am pleased to be joined by two Silicon Valley pioneers to discuss these issues further. William davidow and Michael Malone, their new book the atoll must revolution was out now it delves deeply into the revolution we are living through regarding ai, the virtual environment. It can be purchased everywhere including bn. Com. A little bit about our speakers, William Davidow he earlier career worked at intel was credited to being one of the pioneers