AI is taking our jobs. Dumbing us down. Stealing our IP. Creating creative slop. Using our water. Driving up our power bills. Recommending people harm themselves. Running out of training data. Hallucinating. Used to oppress and exploit. Biased. Risky and insecure.
All of these are legitimate concerns, and they come up in every keynote or panel Liz does. Rather than dismiss them, Liz engages them head-on with data, context, nuance, and intellectual honesty. What's overblown? What's underreported? What should actually keep you up at night? And most importantly: how do we move forward with wisdom instead of paralysis?
This isn't a defense of AI. It's an honest reckoning with it from someone who advocates for the technology and refuses to ignore its costs.
Why This Matters Now
The AI conversation has become polarized: uncritical hype on one side, uninformed fear on the other. This keynote occupies the honest middle ground, and audiences are hungry for it.