We're moving into uncharted territories of emerging technologies, poised to revolutionize data science. In this panel discussion, we'll unravel the mysteries of the technological fringes and explore their imminent impact on mainstream adoption.

Our panel of experts will discuss a future where these technologies are ubiquitous, and how to prepare for the transformative shifts in daily life and industry. Let's peer beyond the horizon, contemplating the dawn of a new era in data science and beyond.

In this session, author, entrepreneur, and Data Universe chair Alistair Croll takes a step back from the fringes of technology to look at the big picture of innovation. Building up from first principles, he'll examine the Civilization Stack on which the modern world operates, and what that means for emerging technologies and societal adoption.

We are in a Great Acceleration—a singularity, not in the capital-S-Kurzwellian sense of robots rising up, but in the one Foucault described: A period of time where change is so widespread, and so fundamental, that one cannot properly discern what the other side of that change will be like.

In this talk, Data Universe chair Alistair Croll charts the course from traditional software to generative AI—software that makes stuff up. He'll discuss its rapid adoption, and some unintended and surprising consequences everyone should understand, exploring inexorable swings between centralized and decentralized architectures.