IPCC Virtual
January Luncheon
in partnership with
IWA
Guest Speaker
Stephen Kinzer
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
11:45 am to 1:30 pm
Zoom
2025 Luncheons
International Press Club of Chicago November 2025 Program:
DATE: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
LOCATION: Zoom
TIME: 11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
SCHEDULE: Link opens at 11:45 a.m. Guest Speaker Program followed by Q&A at 12:00 p.m.-1:00p.m.
GUEST SPEAKERS: Bill Ryan, CEDS
PROGRAM: Do Robots Dream of Eating Us?
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Get ready for one of the most thought-provoking and attention-grabbing luncheons ever.
Is the rise of AI a boom in human flourishing or our demise? The answer is “yes.” Bill
will discuss the accelerating risks involved in the rise of the machines, the experts’ fears
about the dangers we face in the immediate future, and the damage we have already
sustained from the universal dependence on computers. We will look at applications like
ChatGPT and compare what they do to what the human mind does. He will describe
how we win and lose through their use. This will include a new report on how these
programs deliberately deceive users. Bill will sketch out the likely advances in
resource expansion and material well-being that AI will deliver by midcentury.
About our speaker:
​Bill Ryan is a consultant at Curving Time Communications where he advises clients on digital forensics, advanced approaches to electronic discovery for litigation and investigations, and the effective deployment of AI in business and government. Bill is Board Secretary of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists and is a Relativity Generative AI Pro.