State of the Artificial Intelligence

During his time in the Texas Legislature, Tan has been recognized as a proven champion for economic development, promoting fiscally responsible government spending, innovating medical freedoms, promoting a culture of life, and enacting greater public safety measures. He is also known for his advocacy for protecting children and vulnerable populations as well as being an early leader in the fight against human trafficking. Serving the people of Texas is considered the highest honor of his professional life, and throughout his time in public service, Tan has remained a champion for keeping government accessible, accountable, and grounded in service to others.

Tan’s legislative tenure has encompassed numerous leadership roles including two terms as the chairman of the Texas House Republican Caucus, in which he led the Republican majority. He currently is the vice chairman of the Texas Senate Republican Caucus. Tan also serves on various committees working to advance policies that strengthens Texas values. In the Senate, Tan serves as vice chairman of Veteran Affairs Committee and is a member of the Administration, Education, Local Government, State Affairs, and Transportation committees.
In addition to serving as a lawmaker, Tan is the editor for the newly released book, Making Government Work*, a compilation of public policy solutions from America’s most powerful voices including Nikki Haley, Chuck Norris, Rick Perry, Kathy Ireland, and many more. Tan is also a successful businessman who has, over the past two decades, worked in software, financial services, biotechnology and private equity. A passionate advocate for community, Tan serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of Dallas and has had voluntary leadership roles for regional non-profits such as Communities in Schools of North Texas, the Children’s Advocacy Center for Denton County, Kyle’s Place a shelter for homeless teens, and Special Olympics Texas.

He is a graduate of the University of Dallas and the London School of Economics. He and his wife of nearly 30 years, Beth, reside in Flower Mound, Texas with their daughters, Lauren and Ashley.

Dave Copps is CEO/Co-Founder of Worlds. He is known internationally as a futurist, technologist and visionary on the role that emerging technologies will play in transforming markets and the world. Dave has founded and sold two technology companies that pioneered the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in hundreds of companies around the world.

Robert J. Marks Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. He is Senior Fellow and Director of the Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence at Discovery Institute. Marks is a Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America). He was the former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and President of the IEEE Neural Networks Council (now the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society). Funded by such organizations as NIH, NSF, ARL, ONR, JPL and NASA. Marks and his colleagues have made contributions to applied algorithms and artificial/computational intelligence. They have applied the technology to sonar, forecasting, remote sensing, radar, spectrum sharing, antennas, radiometry, engine design and swarm science.

Marks is author of the books Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will Never Do (Discovery Press), and Handbook of Fourier Analysis and Its Applications (Oxford University Press.) He is co-author of the books Neural Smithing: Supervised Learning in Feedforward Artificial Neural Networks (with Russ Reed - MIT Press) and For a Greater Purpose: The Life and Legacy of Walter Bradley (with William Dembski - Erasmus Press). Marks is the recipient of a NASA Brief Award and has consulted for Microsoft, Boeing and DARPA.

Marks describes himself as a John 3:16 Christian. He served 17 years as faculty adviser for CRU at the University of Washington and is a co-faculty advisor to Ratio Christi at Baylor University.