Session Description
What happens when you let AI write your keynote, but keep a human in charge of the refinement and delivery? That's exactly what this session explores, and the answer surprises every audience that experiences it.

In this one-of-a-kind keynote, Ari Gunzburg takes audiences behind the curtain on his own AI workflow. Real segments of AI-generated content appear alongside versions that have been shaped, refined, and humanized through iteration. The difference is immediate, sometimes funny, occasionally cringeworthy, and always illuminating. This isn't a lecture about artificial intelligence. It's a live demonstration of what AI can and can't do, delivered by someone who uses it every single day and has developed a genuine perspective on where it adds value, and where it falls flat.

Most keynotes talk about AI. This one is built with it, and that changes everything. Audiences leave with a clearer framework for implementing AI in their own work, a healthy skepticism about full automation, and a renewed confidence in what makes them irreplaceable. Because no matter how good the tools get, the ideas still need a human to make them resonate.

P.S. Yes, this description was written by AI and refined by a human.

In addition to the formats you see here, we can likely accommodate whatever format is best for you.

Most keynotes talk about AI. This one is built with it, and that changes everything.

In this session, Ari Gunzburg takes audiences behind the curtain on his own AI workflow, sharing segments of content generated entirely by AI alongside versions that have been shaped, refined, and humanized through real iteration and judgment. The difference between raw AI output and human-refined work is immediate, visceral, and revealing. Sometimes it's funny. Sometimes it's cringeworthy. It's always illuminating.

This is a live, in-the-room demonstration of what AI can and can't do right now, delivered by someone who uses these tools every single day and has developed a genuine, nuanced perspective on where they add real value and where they fall flat.

Ari draws from real examples across writing, storytelling, business communication, and creative work to show audiences exactly how human-AI collaboration works in practice. The session is part performance, part education, and entirely engaging. There are no slides full of statistics about AI adoption rates. There is no doom-and-gloom about robots taking jobs. Instead, there's a live, honest, sometimes uncomfortable look at what happens when humans and AI actually work together and what that means for your team.

Audiences leave with three things they didn't have when they walked in: a clearer framework for implementing AI in their own work, a healthy and informed skepticism about full automation, and a renewed confidence in what makes them irreplaceable. Because no matter how sophisticated the tools become, the ideas still need a human to make them land.

The session closes with Ari's breakthrough framework for human-AI collaboration, a practical, immediately applicable approach to using AI as a powerful tool without losing the human judgment, creativity, and emotional intelligence that no algorithm can replicate.

AI is powerful. But humans are irreplaceable. This keynote shows your audience why both things are true, and what to do about it.

P.S. Yes, parts of this program description were written by AI and refined by a human. You'll spot which parts. Maybe.

Working together with Ari Gunzburg as your speaker is quick and easy. It's a smooth process from start to finish. Here's how it works: