LAST CHANCE: RSVP free for AI Book Club Night

Joy Buolamwini, Fei-Fei Li and more ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  Join us Nov. 14 for AI Night at the L.A. Times Book Club. This free virtual event will feature two authors doing pioneering research into the perils and possibilities of artificial intelligence. RSVP FREE Tuesday, Nov. 14 | 6 p.m. PT Free virtual event RSVP in advance to receive watch links. A Q&A will follow. Please share your questions for Joy Buolamwini and Fei-Fei Li when you RSVP, or via email to bookclub@latimes.com. Joy Buolamwini is the author of "Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines." Fei-Fei Li is the author of "The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI." Buolamwini and Li will join Times audio director Jazmin Aguilera to discuss their work and new books. Special guest and Times technology columnist Brian Merchant, author of "Blood in the Machine," will also join to discuss more must-read AI and tech books published this fall. More about the authors: Buolamwini is the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League. Her book, "Unmasking AI," is the story of how she uncovered "the coded gaze"—encoded discrimination and exclusion in tech products. Her Massachusetts Institute of Technology research on facial recognition technologies is featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary "Coded Bias." Born in Canada to Ghanaian immigrants, Buolamwini now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Li's memoir, "The Worlds I See," is the story of a scientist coming of age as a Chinese-born immigrant who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution. Li is a computer science professor at Stanford University in Palo Alto and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. She also is a founder of the nonprofit AI4ALL, which is aimed at increasing inclusion and diversity in AI education Special offer for Book Club readers: A limited number of books with signed bookplates are available from our bookselling partner, Chevalier's Books. Sign up for the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter to join our community book club and receive updates on the latest books and events! SIGN UP If you enjoy our book club, we need your help to keep growing through the new Los Angeles Times Community Fund. To learn more and make a tax-deductible donation to support the book club, tap the button below, then select "'L.A. Times Book Club" from the pull-down menu. DONATE Partner Bookseller Sign up for Newsletters  |  Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Personal Information  |  CA Notice of Collection Copyright © 2023  |  Los Angeles Times 2300 E. Imperial Highway, El Segundo, California, 90245 View Email in Browser