The document discusses key themes and takeaways from the SXSW 2018 conference related to AI, automation, jobs, content creation, and democratization. It notes perspectives on both the promise and potential dangers of advanced AI, and how existing technologies like smartphones have already augmented human capabilities. The document also highlights examples of how platforms and tools are empowering more widespread content creation and sharing of knowledge.

1. F#@% YOUR
BELLY, FEED
YOUR BRAINLearnings from SXSW 2018
@ADAMLGREENWOOD

2. video of adam, jodie, marek being stupid

3. SXSW, Austin, TX

4. What you will get from me…
BRAIN FOOD

5. AI
Content
the future
Transformation
Messaging
human augmentation
Personalisation
Democratisation

6. AI

7. AI NEEDS TO BE
“SUPER” TO
REALLY AFFECT

8. SO, IS THIS
AI-MAGGEDON?

10. “IF WE SPEND AS MUCH TIME
PLANNING AI AS WE DID
SOCIAL MEDIA WE’RE F#@%D!”
JONATHAN NOLAN, CREATOR OF WESTWORLD

11. “Mark my words, ai is far
more dangerous than nukes!”
ELON MUSK

12. ARE WE ALL GOING
TO LOSE OUR JOBS?

13. 62.7 MILLION JOBS
IN AVIATION

14. WHEN AMAZON
HIRED 50K ROBOTS,
THEY ALSO HIRED
250K PEOPLE

15. “65% of schoolchildren will work in jobs
that do not exist today”
Tim O’Reilly, creator of the term web 2.0

16. TRANSFORMATION

17. TRANSFORMATION
WE ARE ALREADY AUGMENTED.
WITH A SMARTPHONE, WE HAVE ACCESS
TO ALL THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD

18. BUT DO WE HAVE
WISDOM?

19. “Help the employee who
once operated a machine,
to program it.”
Tim O’Reilly

20. DEMOCRATISATION

21. SUN
RECORDS

22. THE KING

23. THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS

24. REMEMBER THE
APP STORE IN 2008?

25. LEGO COMMUNITY

26. SPACE POOP

27. 300 HOURS OF VIDEO ARE
UPLOADED TO
YOUTUBE
2.4 MILLION GOOGLE
SEARCHES
ON FACEBOOK:
510,000 COMMENTS ARE POSTED,
293,000 STATUSES ARE UPDATED
136,000 PHOTOS ARE UPLOADED.
EVERY
MINUTE…
15 MILLION TEXTS
AND WHATSAPPS
240,000,000 HEARTBEATS
8,333,333 STEPS
4,166,666 CALORIES BURNED
LOGGED BY FITBIT

28. CONTENT

29. IS CONTENT DEAD?

30. FIND NEW WAYS

31. GIPHY

32. A NEW RENAISSANCE

33. THIS IS THE
FUTURE

34. FOR THE LOLZ

35. FOR THE LOLZ

36. FOR THE LOLZ

37. FOR THE LOLZ

38. FOR THE LOLZ