That Machine Always Lies (thatmachinealwayslies.com)

“That Machine Always Lies: Truth and Fiction in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” is a hands-on session by veteran developer Ron Evans (@deadprogram) that aims to cut through the hype and hysteria around rapid ML advances. The talk walks audiences—business leaders, entrepreneurs, and engineers—through a compact history of “supposedly intelligent machines,” a firsthand account of a second AI winter, the current transformative era, and the practical reality of many new generative systems (“a million genies from a thousand bottles”). Its goal is pragmatic: help organizations assess risk, separate signal from noise, and build actionable strategies for deploying AI responsibly and effectively. Technically grounded and credibility-driven, the session emphasizes real-world implications for robotics, IoT, and computer vision deployments, and explores evaluation, governance, and integration challenges as models proliferate. Evans’ background—work with AT&T, Intel and Northvolt, awards from Intel, and stewardship of open-source projects like TinyGo, Gobot and GoCV—underscores a focus on production-ready, embedded and edge-centric AI solutions. For teams wrestling with model reliability, safety, and operationalization, the talk promises practical frameworks and next-step guidance; contact the organizer for availability and pricing.