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
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