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How Will Tall Buildings React to the Big OneSan Francisco has recently completed the Tall Buildings Safety Strategy, a first-of-its-kind, in-depth study of all buildings 240 feet in height - 156 of them. The strategy is just one of many innovative programs and initiatives geared to improve the city’s preparedness and ability to recover in the event of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Predicting Guilt and Automating [De]incarceration: Algorithms in the US Criminal Justice SystemAre we ready for AI judges? As automation is increasingly deployed to assist or replace human decisions, it becomes crucial to evaluate potential social and ethical consequences of AI powered decision-making.Peter Eckersley will be discussing the Report on Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools in the U.S. Criminal Justice System recently published ...
Blade Runner, Star Wars, and “The Jetsons” envisioned futuristic worlds of flying cars and mile-high commutes. Now, dozens of companies are moving forward with airborne vehicles, including Airbus’ electric flying car and Uber’s helicopter taxi. Tesla is also hinting at a flying Roadster using rocket technology.With traffic congestion increasing in America’s ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
From kings and philosophers to craftsmen and inventors, horology has been prized as an extraordinary marriage between art and science. Antiquarian Horologist Brittany Nicole Cox will share her unique experience with objects born from this lineage. We will trace their origins to discover how these objects serve as critical mirrors ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 - $100
Fishing and Whales: Healthy Fisheries and Healthy Whale PopulationsAs ocean temperatures have risen in recent years, reports of whale entanglements along the Pacific coastline have climbed, possibly due to shifts in foraging patterns resulting in increased overlap with crab and other fisheries. The need for solutions to prevent entanglements has never been greater. Conservationists and fishermen are working ...