BUSINESS | Wirtschaft Benedikt Brisch is the Director of both the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) New York Office. He has more than twenty years of experience in higher education and knowledge diplomacy.
experts and decision-makers from the US and Germany, participants will discuss new AI developments and reflect on the social and cultural consequences of these developments. While many think of the US and China when it comes to emerging technologies and AI, Germany is racing to join the pack. 2019 has seen unprecedented investment in and attention to AI in Germany. Though no one knows the future, AI will certainly be part of it. Germany is preparing itself and determining the course of this future right now. Fore more on the DWIH Future Forum visit futureforumnyc.com. The DWIH New York can be found online at dwih-newyork.org.
►► Did you know Germans were the first to depict a robot on film? Director Fritz Lang did so in his 1927 film Metropolis. ►► Did you know the first chatbot was built by German-American immigrant Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT in 1966? Using scripts, “Eliza” could simulate a range of conversation partners including a therapist.
Benedikt Brisch, Director, DWIH New York Jarred Johnson, Communications Officer, DWIH New York
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