Recorded January 23, 2025

Vint Cerf returns to Libraries in Response to explore ways for people to become central to how the internet is built out. How to “build resilient communities enabled by digital infrastructure and eco-systems, informed by local priorities and goals.” Richard Whitt expands on his ideas for using AI to build trust into the internet. Is the internet breaking? Splintering into two versions: a Silicon Valley version and a Chinese one? He will update us on his ideas: HOW TO CREATE AN ‘ECOSYSTEM OF TRUST’: and Aligning Two Dimensions of AI Agency.

Speakers

• Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer Richard Whitt, President of GLIA Foundation Vint is also founder and chairman emeritus of People-Centered Internet (PCI), “a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization working to ensure that the Internet is a positive force for good that improves the lives and well-being of people around the world.
• Richard Whitt, President of GLIA Foundation, and head of GliaNet Alliance; author of “Reweaving the Web.”

Libraries in Response is a webinar series that launched in March 2020, exploring how libraries address various crises, including health, social, economic, political, and climate challenges. Find more videos on the Libraries in Response YouTube channel.