Natural and Artificial Intelligence

Thomas Lehrman discusses the role of research and development (R&D) in the U.S., framed within historical, current, and potential future contexts. Exploring historical and current successes and challenges, he argues for decentralizing R&D funding by using block grants and encouraging state-level innovation in funding mechanisms, similar to charter school and scholarship tax credit models. Thomas D. Lehrman is Managing Partner Read More ›

Bryan Mistele and Swami Sivasubramanian discuss AI’s role in cloud technology and Amazon’s strategic involvement in the field, surveying AI’s utility in such areas as transportation, healthcare, finance, and customer service. Bryan Mistele is CEO and co-founder of transportation analytics company INRIX. Swami Sivasubramanian is VP of Amazon Web Services (AI/Data).

George Gilder and Robert Metcalfe explore the evolution of semiconductor technology and the emerging shift from traditional chips to waferscale integration (WSI). Gilder reflects on how the “Planar Revolution” in integrated circuits, initiated by figures like Bob Noyce and Carver Mead, fundamentally changed computing by introducing flat, integrated circuits. This led to the proliferation of microchips. However, the current chip-centric Read More ›

Is there scientific proof of the soul? Many scientists and doctors believe that there is no such thing as the soul. That there is no part of us that persists beyond death. We are not spiritual in any respect. We are made up of cells and tissue, and completely controlled by a material organ in our heads: the brain. In Read More ›

Larry Sanger argues for the urgent need to preserve knowledge in a decentralized, open-source manner to combat increasing censorship and control by big tech companies. Sanger criticizes the centralization of information and highlights how platforms like Wikipedia, Facebook, and Google have shifted towards promoting establishment narratives while suppressing alternative viewpoints. He advocates for the creation of many independent, digitally signed Read More ›

COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it. For decades, George Gilder has written presciently about the technological revolutions shaping our world, from the microchip in Microcosm, broadband in Telecosm, and the cryptocosm in Life After Google. COSM 2024 will hail the New American Century: exploring a technological transformation and revival of our country and Read More ›

Bryan Mistele, CEO of INRIX, leads a panel discussion with Rich Pople, Director of General Motors’ AI and ML Center, Dorothy Li, Founder of Luminent AI, and Mark Masongsong, Co-Founder and CEO of Urbanlogiq in which they explore the opportunities and challenges in applying AI to revolutionize automobile transportation. Learn more about COSM2024 at https://cosm.tech.

Carver Mead, computer pioneer and 2022 Kyoto Prize recipient, reflects on COSM 2023, noting the impact one person can have in changing the course of history. Learn more about COSM2024 at https://cosm.tech.