In his talk, Neil Lawrence, the Deep Mind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge, tackles the aforementioned fundamental question head-on. With a career dedicated to understanding the intersection of technology and human potential, Mr. Lawrence explores how intelligent systems can complement, rather than replace, human capabilities. Indeed, Mr. Lawrence goes on to examine how technological breakthroughs have forced us to reconsider the traits we hold as inherently human. Each time a machine did something we thought was uniquely human, it cut something away from us. And if we find what that moment is, does it tell us something about the essence of humanity?