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The Politics Of Automation

June 13, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

FREE

Join us for a special RobotLab series when Oliver interviews Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang on the politics of robotics and automation. We are also privileged to have Assemblyman Clyde Vanel of New York State’s Assembly join our discussion on the deployment of autonomous systems, AI, the future of organized labor, universal basic income, and more. Assembly member Vanel is recognized as one of the most tech savvy legislators in Albany with his proposed legislation on AI, Blockchain and Cybersecurity.

BIOS:

Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur and author running for President as a Democrat in 2020. In 2011 he founded Venture for America, a national entrepreneurship fellowship, and spent the last 6 years creating jobs in cities like Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh. When Andrew realized that new technology like artificial intelligence threatened to eliminate one-third of all American jobs, he knew he had to do something. In The War on Normal People (2018), he explains the mounting crisis and makes the case for implementing a universal basic income: $1,000 a month for every American adult, no strings attached.

Clyde Vanel was elected to the New York State Assembly on November 8, 2016. He serves the 33rd Assembly district of Queens, New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, St. Albans, Hollis, Queens Village, Bellerose and parts of Floral Park. Clyde Vanel is an attorney, entrepreneur, private pilot and community advocate from Cambria Heights, New York. He previously served as the Chief of Staff for New York State Senator James Sanders Jr. Clyde Vanel is the owner and operator of Vanel Law Firm, P.C. where he focuses on intellectual property law, business law and wills and estate planning. Clyde is also an Internet entrepreneur. He is the owner and operator of TrademarkReady.com which provides trademark filing and protection services. Additionally, Clyde was the owner and operator of Vanel on First; a restaurant, bar and lounge in lower Manhattan for five years. Clyde is the founder of the New York Metro chapter of the Black Pilots of America, Inc. The organization trains and exposes the community and youth to the field of aviation. Through the organization, many youth and community members have been trained in pre-flight of an aircraft and aviation-related trainings. He holds a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Science & Technology Law.

Details

Date:
June 13, 2018
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
FREE
Website:
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Organizer

RobotLab

Venue

Wework Penn Station
315 W 36th St
New York, NY 10018 United States
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