What does the future of artificial intelligence really hold and how should society prepare for it?
Join RCIScience for a rare and timely fireside chat with Professor Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate widely known as the “Godfather of AI,” in conversation with acclaimed media personality and technology journalist Amber Mac. Together, they’ll explore the promises, risks, and ethical questions shaping the next era of AI, from scientific discovery to everyday life.
One of the most influential figures in modern artificial intelligence, Professor Hinton helped lay the foundations of today’s AI revolution and made waves in 2023 when he walked away from Google to, "freely speak out about the risks of AI."
In this engaging, accessible conversation, he and Amber Mac dive beyond the headlines to unpack the impact of AI on everyday life, jobs, creativity, and trust in technology – and what we should do about it.
The evening will also feature the presentation of the 2025 Fleming Medal, awarded by RCIScience to Professor Hinton in recognition of his extraordinary leadership in advancing public understanding of science and technology.
Whether you’re curious about AI, concerned about its impact, or simply want to hear from one of the world’s leading thinkers, this is a rare opportunity to experience an important conversation probing what AI means for trust, responsibility, and the future of humanity, live and in person.
🎟️ Save the date; Tickets coming soon.
About the Speakers
Prof. Geoffrey Hinton
(he/him)
Geoffrey Hinton received his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Edinburgh in 1978. He did postdoctoral work at the University of California San Diego and spent five years as a faculty member in the Computer Science department at Carnegie-Mellon University. He then moved to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto where he is now a Professor Emeritus. From 2013 to 2023 he worked half-time for Google where he became a Vice President and Engineering Fellow.
He was one of the researchers who introduced the backpropagation algorithm and the first to use backpropagation for learning word embeddings. His other contributions to neural network research include Boltzmann machines, distributed representations, time-delay neural nets, mixtures of experts, variational learning and deep learning. His research group in Toronto made major breakthroughs in deep learning that revolutionized speech recognition and object classification.
Geoffrey Hinton is a fellow of the UK Royal Society and a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the US National Academy of Science. His awards include the David E. Rumelhart prize, the IJCAI award for research excellence, the Killam prize for Engineering, the NSERC Herzberg Gold Medal, the IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Gold medal, the NEC C&C award, the BBVA award, the Honda Prize, the ACM Turing Award, the Princess of Asturias Award, the VinFuture Grand Prize, the Queen Elizabeth Prize in Engineering and the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Amber Mac
(she/her)
Amber Mac is an award-winning podcaster and host of The AmberMac Show podcast on SiriusXM. A bestselling author, she is also the President of AmberMac Media, an award-winning tech and business media organization.
Amber was named as one of DMZ’s 2024 Women of the Year for her work driving innovation and progress in the tech industry. In 2021, she was named one of the Bay Street Bull Women of the Year for her leadership in the technology sector. She co-wrote the Amazon bestseller Outsmarting Your Kids Online and is author of the Globe & Mail business bestseller Power Friending.
Amber has keynoted more than 700 events around the world and moderated sessions with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; former FBI Director James Comey; business coach Tony Robbins; literary icon Margaret Atwood; Olympian Katie Ledecky, and many other notable leaders.
Filming and Photography Notice
RCIScience will be filming and photographing this event. By attending, you consent to the use of your image and likeness being used in promotional materials.
Please let us know if you do not wish to be photographed or filmed.
By attending this event, you agree to adhere to the Code of Conduct.