will.i.am & Van Jones Host Tech Summit, Ashton Kutcher, Tiffany Haddish Support

will.i.am and Van Jones need minorities to be on the forefront of tech area — so that they hosted a full-blown summit in L.A. to boost consciousness for its future leaders.

The shindig was billed “Make Wakanda Real” — like bringing the devices present in “Black Panther” to life — and was held inside Will’s FYI Campus Thursday evening.

Tiffany Haddish, Ashton Kutcher, Jason Lee, and Quincy Jones III have been simply a few of the supporting visitors, as have been dozens of innovators, tech specialists and entrepreneurs.

Ashton helped increase lots of of tens of millions of {dollars} by means of his VC agency earlier within the yr and burdened to the summit how he believes AI may assist bridge the hole for underserved communities within the medical and authorized realms.

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, actor Boris Kodjoe, InfectionAI co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, Waye Talks founder Sinead Bovell, Black Ambition Alternative Fund CEO Felecia Hatcher additionally tuned in nearly to lend their numerous experience to the panels.

Naturally, the largest matter of the night was the growth of AI … and the Black Eyed Peas frontman acquired a crash course throughout his panel with Van and 1500 Or Nothin’ producer Larrance “Rance” Dopson debating with an AI bot!!!

Will was arguing the case that AI may find yourself sentient and conquering people and exchanged in back-and-forth banter with the CPU.