What Should I Expect? A.I. Programs, Research, Science, Politics, and Technology to Prevent Uncertainty in the World

David Ricks, the chair and C.E.O. of Eli Lilly, and Fatima Cody Stanford, obesity medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, and Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, C.W.A., A.F.L.-C.I.O.

There are many things to watch including the buzz around artificial intelligence, the future of politics, media and political fund-raising, and new weight-loss drugs that have a potential impact across industries.

There will be plenty of questions about an uncertain world. President-elect Trump has promised to disrupt the status quo in every corner of government. What will happen to the independence of political institutions? A world that is more protectionist will have an impact on global trade alliances. Business, the economy and the markets will be affected by these shifts. What does this reveal about who stands to gain on Wall Street, in Washington, and in Hollywood?

Looking elsewhere, what guardrails, if any, should be placed around powerful A.I. technologies? Chief executives and their policies are at risk due to new attacks on corporate D.E.I. programs.

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Tim Cook: From Mac to iPhone, from Smart Car to iPod, from the Top to the Bottom – Apple as a First-Mover

Andrew takes the stage around 9 a.m. Eastern, and the first conversation will start soon after. The DealBook team and The Times will be reporting live from the conference.

I remember how skillful Cook is at telling the results of his big decisions, like the Apple Watch and his bet on custom Silicon Chips, which helped boost Apple phones and laptops. (And not mentioning decisions that didn’t pan out, like that multibillion-dollar smart-car project.) When he strolls into the conference room where we’re meeting, I know Cook will be meticulously cordial, displaying manners honed during his Alabama boyhood, while calmly hyperbolizing the virtues of Apple’s products and fending off criticisms of his very powerful company. He kept his opinions to himself when he was asked about the election results. Steve Jobs would come at a journalist like the rain in Buenaventura, aggressively pitching his message; Cook envelopes his interlocutors in a gentle mist and confides awed assessments of his company’s efforts.

Perhaps what most distinguishes Apple’s AI—at least according to Apple—is its focus on privacy, a hallmark of the Cook regime. The data that you transmit to the cloud won’t be affected by the software updates rolling out for the new Artificial Intelligence tools on the iPhone and Macs. Cook assures that the computation for complicated artificial intelligence tasks takes place inside Apple’s data centers.

Cook didn’t panic. Like his predecessor Steve Jobs, he doesn’t believe that first is best. He puts it succinctly, that Apple enters a field of first-mover and, with a strong grasp of novelty versus utility, is able to unveil products that make the latest technologies and even sexy. Think back to how the iPod rethought digital music. It was not the first mp3 player, but it was compact, easy to use, and integration with online stores made it very attractive to people.

Every time I go to the Apple Park campus, I think about a tour I took months ago when there was no dust on the floors and the plants were still growing. My guide was Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. With a proprietor’s pride, he ushered me through the $5 billion circular colossus, explaining that committing to the new campus was a “100-year decision.”