Liv Boeree

Are you having problems making decisions in your business? Like poker, business is a game of high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. As a poker player, Liv earned over 4 million dollars making high-stakes decisions. In this riveting talk, Liv explores the thinking techniques of top poker players. Audiences will come away learning how to reduce cognitive bias, control their emotions, and use intuition in their decision-making.

Competition has been a driving force for humans since the dawn of time. It can push us to achieve greatness, to create and innovate in ways we never thought possible. But as with all things, there is a dark side to competition as well.

The world of game theory has given birth to what is known as “Moloch’s trap.” This dangerous force is responsible for many of the social problems that plague our society today.

And now, it threatens to derail the entire AI industry. Scientist and poker champion Liv introduces us to this powerful concept, seeking to shine a light on the destructive force that competition can become, and the dangers that lurk behind the veneer of victory.

We live in an increasingly complex and uncertain world. Your business faces uncertainty in markets, energy, and politics. So how can you keep your sense-making capabilities in top shape? Drawing from her background in science, poker, and applied rationality, Liv explains how to upgrade your prediction skills. Audiences will learn how to use expected value thinking and the Bayes Rule to predict what happens next.

Women are underrepresented in boardrooms and leadership positions. So how can a woman succeed when there is a bias against them? As a female professional poker player, heavy metal enthusiast, and physics graduate, Liv is very accustomed to being the only girl in the room. In this talk, Liv discusses the pros and cons of being a woman in a male-dominated industry and the techniques she used to succeed.

Artificial Intelligence is poised to be the most impactful technological breakthrough of the 21st century. Games are a great way of measuring its progress. In just a few decades, algorithms have advanced from rudimentary tic-tac-toe solvers of the 1950s to powerful AI defeating world champions in notoriously complex games. In this talk, Liv explores what sets these technologies apart from the human mind, and what their implications are for our future.

Philanthropy is undergoing a scientific revolution. Previously, charity and the act of “doing good” was a fuzzy, unmeasurable concept that most people felt couldn’t — or maybe even shouldn’t — be evaluated or compared. But nowadays, improved data and evidence allows us to better measure the impact of our philanthropic actions. In this illuminating talk, Liv discusses how, and why, we should prioritize between cause areas, and how we can maximize the positive impact we want to achieve on the world.

How far does the Earth stretch if you cut it into one metre cubes and lay them out in one long line? When is a positive medical test result still more likely to be false than it is to be true? And which likelihoods are closer together: 50% and 1%, or 1% and 0%? Prepare to have your mind blown as Liv explores fascinating counterintuitive concepts that defy our deepest instincts.