2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
Network of Independent World Affairs Councils of America
Baker Donelson
1600 West End Avenue, Suite 2000
Nashville, TN
July 26, 2023
8:00-8:30 Registration/Networking
8:30-9:00 Program
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ABSTRACT
American diplomat and businessman talks about AI as a challenge for the US-EU
The challenges and promises of AI have exploded this year in the wake of OpenAI’s release of its detailed, human-like responsive ChatGPT conversational technology. It highlighted the power and problems posed by AI, from business potential like insights and predictive analysis to startling concerns of existential threats to humanity. TNWAC has invited Ambassador John Kornblum to talk about these challenges in the context of implications for the United States and Europe.
Kornblum, a former senior U.S. diplomatic official in Europe and distinguished businessman, has said that the currency of the new world will be the production, evaluation, and application of data – a revolution of fundamental importance to the US and EU. The “massive” consequences of this new digital era necessitate that “correct values are part of the process from the beginning” to ensure the revolution is based on Western democratic concepts.
You are invited to TNWAC’s breakfast conversation with Ambassador Kornblum set for 8:30-9:30 a.m. on July 26, 2023 at the offices of Baker Donelson, Nashville. Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. Details and registration is at TNWAC.org/calendar.
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Dr. Liane Hentschke
Executive Director, Tennessee World Affairs Council
(309) 550-0782
1900 Belmont Blvd.,
Nashville, TN 37212
executivedirector@tnwac.org
www.TNWAC.org
July 6, 2023
American diplomat and businessman to talk about AI as a challenge for the US-EU
[Nashville] The challenges and promises of AI have exploded this year in the wake of OpenAI’s release of its detailed, human-like responsive ChatGPT conversational technology. It highlighted the power and problems posed by AI, from business potential like insights and predictive analysis to startling concerns of existential threats to humanity. TNWAC has invited Ambassador John Kornblum to talk about these challenges in the context of implications for the United States and Europe.Kornblum, a former senior U.S. diplomatic official in Europe and distinguished businessman, has said that the currency of the new world will be the production, evaluation, and application of data – a revolution of fundamental importance to the US and EU. The “massive” consequences of this new digital era necessitate that “correct values are part of the process from the beginning” to ensure the revolution is based on Western democratic concepts.
Kornblum will address these issues at a TNWAC speaker program on July 26, 2023 in Nashville. He will talk about the divergent US and EU approaches, the former pushing for change and the latter focused on regulation, slowing change. The picture for what lies ahead, cited by author Paul Scharre, is summed up as data, computing power, talent, and institutions with Kornblum adding “values and value creation” to the mix.
You are invited to TNWAC’s breakfast conversation with Ambassador Kornblum set for 8:30-9:30 a.m. on July 26, 2023 at the offices of Baker Donelson, Nashville. Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. Details and registration are at TNWAC.org/calendar. The program is presented in association with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce International Business Council and the American Council on Germany Nashville Warburg Chapter.
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BIOGRAPHY
Ambassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process), Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp, Technologies AG, Bayer AG, Russell Reynolds, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, the American Academy in Berlin, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964, and he has been the recipient of many awards, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria.
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John C. Kornblum, Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and Distinguished Businessman in Europe
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