I GAVE A ROOM FULL OF MEDIA EXECUTIVES "CYBERDYNE SYSTEMS" BADGES. COME WITH ME … IF YOU WANT TO BE DISRUPTED AND EAT!.
Last week we held our annual NYC executive dinner, this year on the theme of AI. Terminator meets Matrix. Everyone was a Cyberdyne employee for the evening, with a workstation number on the badge and a red pill or blue pill to choose from.
A few things I learned:
1. A T-800 delivers a gluten-free line better than most humans.
2. If you ask an AI to punch up your jokes, it will tell you they are great. That is how I knew it was already learning to lie.
3. Dessert is better when HAL 9000 is involved. "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't let you skip the petit fours."
Huge thanks to our co-hosts at Deloitte. Wonderful partners and great company.
And a giant thank you to Chef Jean-Georges and his team at Four Twenty Five. The food was spectacular, and the kitchen fabricated a gorgeous Hall 9000 dessert.
Most of all, thank you to everyone who came. The best part of this dinner is still the people at the tables.
AI will change a lot about our business. But a great room, good wine and people who pick up the phone are still hard to automate.
See you next year. I'll be back.
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