Events at Stanford
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16:11 Sep 30, 2021
Date: Monday, October 11, 2021. 5:00 PM. Location: Outdoors at Encina Hall (Bechtel Courtyard) Join Profs. Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy Weinstein — the authors of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot — for a discussion hosted by Professor Michael McFaul, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and moderated by Julie Owono, Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontières (Internet Without Borders) and inaugural member of the Facebook Oversight Board. The operating system of Big Tech is broken, and this panel discussion will explore the path to a reboot. Plus, it will also allow you experience Professor Sahami’s famous tradition of throwing candy into the audience! A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors — experts who have worked at ground zero of the tech revolution for decades — System Error reveals how Big Tech’s obsession with optimization and efficiency has sacrificed fundamental human values and demands that we change course t...