186. Blaise Aguera y Arcas and Melanie Mitchell with Lili Cheng: How Close Are We to AI?

<div id="primary" class= "content-area grid-parent mobile-grid-100 grid-65 tablet-grid-65"> <main id="main" class="site-main"> <div style= "background-color: #f7ed91; padding: 8px; text-align: center; clear: both; font-size: .8em; font-weight: bold;"> Building Policy Update: As of June 1, 2022, masks remain required at Town Hall Seattle. <a href= "https://townhallseattle.org/plan-your-visit/building-policies/">Read our current COVID-19 policies and in-building safety protocols.</a></div> <article id="post-53803" class= "post-53803 event type-event status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-science tag-technology-programming event_category-22-and-under event_category-hybrid-event event_category-in-person-event event_category-science event_category-virtual-event event_season-2021-2022 media_type-audio media_type-video venture-logo-amazon-literary-partnership venture-logo-artswa venture-logo-kuow venture-logo-microsoft venture-logo-the-norcliffe-foundation venture-logo-wyncote-foundation feed_category-talk"> <div class="inside-article"> <header class="entry-header" aria-label="Content"></header> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="vem-single-event-content"> <div class="vem-single-event-run-dates"><span class= "vem-same-day"><span class="vem-earliest">Thu 7/14, 2022, 7:30pm</span></span></div> <div class="vem-single-event-title">Blaise Agüera y Arcas and Melanie Mitchell with Lili Cheng</div> <div class="vem-single-event-posttitle">How Close Are We to AI?</div> <div class="vem-single-event-media"> <div class="embed-container"><iframe src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bi8IIolOq2g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment= "1"></iframe></div> </div> <div class="vem-single-event-thumbnail vem-full-image"><a href= "https://townhallseattle.org/event/blaise-aguera-y-arcas-and-melanie-mitchell/"> <img class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" src= "https://townhallseattle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Web-Image-Templates-800-%C3%97-400-px-2022-07-12T102931.990.jpg" sizes="(max-width