{"id":8233,"date":"2024-05-30T09:34:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2024-06-04T10:42:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:42:41","slug":"con-carolinas-the-nebulas-and-the-embodied-ai-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/30\/con-carolinas-the-nebulas-and-the-embodied-ai-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Con Carolinas, the Nebulas, and the Embodied AI Workshop!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-at-10.22.52-PM-600x436.png\" alt=\"The Centaur and His Books\" class=\"wp-image-7690\" style=\"width:718px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-at-10.22.52-PM-600x436.png 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-at-10.22.52-PM-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-at-10.22.52-PM-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-at-10.22.52-PM-1536x1117.png 1536w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-at-10.22.52-PM-640x466.png 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-12-at-10.22.52-PM.png 1834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey folks! I am appearing at several conventions in the next few weeks, so I&#8217;m creating a &#8220;sticky post&#8221; to let y&#8217;all know about my schedule &#8211; in case the problems I&#8217;m having with my blog software get worse, at least this will be up here to let y&#8217;all know I&#8217;ll be talking about AI, robots and writing in the next few weeks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First up is <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas.org\/\">Con Carolinas<\/a>, <\/strong>the Carolinas&#8217; longest running science fiction convention, where I will be <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas2024.sched.com\/speaker\/anthony_francis.26qbo8ml\">on four panels and an author signing<\/a>, talking about book openings, artificial intelligence, neurodivergence, and what&#8217;s possible and what&#8217;s not in science and science fiction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, May 31st:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas2024.sched.com\/event\/1clTB\/hook-em-danno-great-openings-and-how-to-write-them\">Hook &#8217;em, Danno! Great Openings and How to Write Them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9:30am: <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas2024.sched.com\/event\/1clP1\/trials-and-tribulations-of-ai\">Trials and tribulations of AI<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6:30pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas2024.sched.com\/event\/1clTu\/neurodivergence-writing\">Neurodivergence &amp; Writing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9:30pm: <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas2024.sched.com\/event\/1clRI\/is-that-even-possible\">Is THAT Even Possible?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, June 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9:30am: <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas2024.sched.com\/event\/1clU9\/self-pub-v-small-press-v-big-press-truths-and-trends\">Self-pub v. Small Press v. Big Press &#8211; Truths and Trends<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12:00noon: <a href=\"https:\/\/concarolinas2024.sched.com\/event\/1e99s\/author-signing\">Author Signing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240421_154146-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7817\" style=\"width:717px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240421_154146-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240421_154146-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240421_154146-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240421_154146-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240421_154146-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240421_154146-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next up is the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.sfwa.org\/conference-schedule\/\">Nebula Conference<\/a>,<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/\">Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America&#8217;s<\/a> conference, where again I&#8217;ll be talking about artificial intelligence and signing books!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thursday, June 6th: <\/strong>2:30pm:  Anthony Francis Meet-and-Greet Table E Pasadena<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday, June 8th: <\/strong>10:30am: Why AI Needs Humans Pasadena<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There will also be office hours but I think you have to sign up in advance for those, and we have a scheduling snafu regarding those anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-5.49.29\u202fPM-600x407.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7663\" style=\"width:717px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-5.49.29\u202fPM-600x407.png 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-5.49.29\u202fPM-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-5.49.29\u202fPM-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-5.49.29\u202fPM-640x434.png 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-04-at-5.49.29\u202fPM.png 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finally is the <a href=\"https:\/\/embodied-ai.org\/\">Embodied AI Workshop<\/a> on June 18th<\/strong>, hosted at <a href=\"https:\/\/cvpr.thecvf.com\/\">CVPR, the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference<\/a>, where I am the lead organizer, though you&#8217;ll probably only hear me yapping for any extended length of time if you show up in the first ten minutes &#8211; I give the intro talk at 8:50am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope to see y&#8217;all there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Anthony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey folks! 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