From: John Brockman To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Cc: Lesley Groff Subject: The Second Brockman Conference - An Invitation Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 16:00:33 +0000 Attachments: PossibleMinds_lstPass.pdf HERE'S THE MOST RECENT UPDATE BELOW. RESPONSE IS BEST EVER - EVERYBODY WANTS IN. AT THE FARM OR MOBILE Eastover Farm 325 Guilds Hollow Road, RR 132 Bethlehem, CT 06751 Map Dear XXX, In September, 2016, I organized a meeting at a resort in Washington, CT, the purpose of which was to make sense out of what's happening in AI. The result is the forthcoming collection titled POSSIBLE MINDS: 25 WAYS OF LOOKING AT AI, scheduled for publication by Penguin Press on February, 19th. I am writing to invite you to the second "Brockman Conference" which will be held at Winvian Farm (winvian.com) in Morris, CT September 7th-9th. The participants in the book are Chris Anderson, Rodney Brooks, George M. Church, Daniel C. Dennett, David Deutsch, Anca Dragan, George Dyson, Peter Galison, Neil Gershenfeld, Alison Gopnik, Tom Griffiths, Danny Hillis, Caroline A. Jones, David Kaiser, Seth Lloyd, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Judea Pearl, Sandy Pentland, Steven Pinker, Venki Ramakrishnan, Stuart Russell, Jaan Tallin, Max Tegmark, Frank Wilczek, and Stephen Wolfram. Stewart Brand, in his jacket blurb, nicely frames the project: "Intelligences born and intelligences made have a lot to offer each other. For that beneficial blend to occur, the contextual framing that the voices in this book spell out will be crucial." Here is a pdf of the 1st pass galleys of the book (confidential please until publication date). WHEN 5pm Friday, September 7th — Sunday noon, September 9th WHERE At the beautiful high-end resort, Winvian Farm (winvian.com), a 5-star Relais & Chateaux resort hotel in Morris, CT, six miles from Eastover Farm. Even though I've been there for dinner numerous times, I had no idea what a unique place it is. Their accommodations consist of cottages, each