​Breaking Bread | 2034: How AI Changed Humanity Forever with Kunal Gupta

​Our first host of the Breaking Bread series is Kunal Gupta. Besides being one of my dearest and closest friends in Lisbon, Kunal is one of the most remarkable people I have ever met. If I had to name one person who embodies a growth mindset, it would be him. Among other things, Kunal is an entrepreneur, an investor and the author of several books, including 2034: How AI Changed Humanity Forever.

​In the book, Kunal imagines himself living in 2034 and looking back on the decade when AI changed everything: how we work, how we love, how we create, who we think we are. He doesn’t claim to know what will happen. He wrote the book to get us thinking about what we want to happen, and how we want to be part of the revolution already unfolding in our lives.

​The Experience

​This won’t be a sit-down dinner. Kunal will open the evening by sharing how the book came to be. Then we will get moving: we will put questions to the room, and you will answer by taking a side, literally. Expect to walk across the room, find yourself next to people who see the future very differently from you, and trade theories over a glass of kombucha. Or wine.

​Bring your hopes, your doubts and your wildest predictions. Disagreeing is very welcome, changing your mind even more so. Phones stay in pockets (we can ask the AI later).

​Come hungry and come as you are. You don’t need to know anything about technology, just bring curiosity and an open mind. We will take care of the finger food, the wine, the good conversation and the great company. And yes, every guest goes home with a copy of 2034, so you can keep the conversation going long after the last bite.

​Kunal Gupta

​Kunal grew up in Canada and studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo, then artificial intelligence at Oxford. He founded and scaled Nova, an advertising technology company, leading it as “Chief Everything Officer” for 15 years from New York, working with teams and clients in more than 30 countries. Today he invests in artificial intelligence, real estate and longevity, and has written several books, including Chief Everything Officer, Unlearning and 2034. He calls Lisbon home.

​Giulia Baiocchi

​Details

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