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The Intersection of Human and Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from Reddit

Over the past two decades, Reddit users have built the largest repository of human-generated information online, capturing the breadth and depth of the human experience. And because of its organized topics, quality-voting system, and anonymous (read: authentic) nature, this goldmine of user-generated content has become a particularly valuable resource for AI companies in training their learning models. Hear firsthand from Co-founder/CEO Steve Huffman as he shares key insights from Reddit’s journey, exploring how the platform’s unique model fuels AI innovation, and what the future holds for this symbiotic relationship between Reddit and AI.

Author:

Steve Huffman

Co-Founder & CEO

Steve Huffman is Co-Founder and CEO of Reddit, an online community of communities. Raised in northern Virginia, Huffman pursued his passion for programming from an early age and followed it through a computer science degree at the University of Virginia. He and his college roommate pitched their first start-up to Y Combinator in 2005, but their initial idea was rejected in favour of building Reddit. After selling the company in 2006, Huffman co-founded the travel company Hipmunk and served as Chief Technology Officer. Huffman returned to Reddit as CEO in 2015 where he has led the company through international expansion, sweeping updates to the platform’s Content Policy, and a full site redesign, while also growing Reddit’s users and communities. In addition to his leadership at Reddit, Huffman is a mentor at Hackbright Academy, a San Francisco-based coding school for women. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, dancing, and browsing r/WholesomeMemes.

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Infrastructure Requirements for Next Generation AI

As organizations move from generative through agentic systems and beyond, how must infrastructure evolve to meet the ever expanding requirements for AI development? On the road to AGI, is a paradigm shift on the horizon, or can we get there with just more of the same?

Author:

Andrew Ng

Managing General Partner

AI Fund

Andrew Ng is the Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.

As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI and has taught over 8 million people AI. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which led Google’s drive to adopt modern AI, and the VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu.

He is also Chairman and Co-founder of Coursera, a leading online education company. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.

Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields, and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

Author:

Mark Papermaster

CTO & EVP

AMD

Mark Papermaster is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President responsible for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) technical direction and product development. He led the re-design of engineering processes at AMD and the development of the award-winning “Zen” high-performance x86 CPU family, high-performance GPUs and the company’s modular design approach, Infinity Architecture. He also oversees Information Technology (IT) that delivers AMD’s compute infrastructure and services.

His 40+ years of engineering experience includes significant leadership roles managing the development of a wide range of products, from microprocessors to mobile devices and high-performance servers. Before joining AMD in October 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Papermaster was the leader of Cisco’s Silicon Engineering Group, Apple Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering for iPod and iPhone and held multiple IBM roles in technology development including blade server and the microprocessor technology in mainframe, server, and storage products.

In October 2024, he was appointed the Vice Chair of the US Department of Commerce Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the CHIPS for America program. He is also an active member of several boards and committees, including the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors, IEEE Industry Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board, and Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board.

Papermaster received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and master’s degree from the University of Vermont, both in Electrical Engineering.

Author:

Fidelma Russo

CTO, EVP & GM, Hybrid Cloud

HPE

Fidelma Russo is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Hybrid Cloud business unit, and the company's Chief Technology Officer. Fidelma's Hybrid Cloud team is tasked with solving some of IT's biggest challenges, including transforming business through the power of data, modernizing IT infrastructure with a true cloud experience, and dramatically simplifying operations across hybrid cloud IT estates - all as they help customers accelerate their adoption of AI.

As the leader of this global organization of over 5,500 employees, Fidelma is responsible for driving the strategic direction, development, and execution of HPE's GreenLake platform, storage, private cloud, and SaaS solutions, along with creating an innovation pipeline through the capabilities and services of the Office of the CTO.

Fidelma joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise in September 2021 as Chief Technology Officer, where she led the creation, development, and delivery of HPE's GreenLake platform, a central offering for all of HPE's edge-to-cloud solutions and cloud services.

Based in Houston, Texas, Fidelma has more than 30 years of technology leadership spanning machine learning and analytics, global IT business services, cloud services, servers, storage, networking, backup, and infrastructure.

Prior to joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Fidelma was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Cloud Services business unit at VMware. She has held notable senior leadership positions including Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at Iron Mountain, Senior Vice President and General Manager at EMC, Vice President of Adaptive Infrastructure at Hewlett-Packard, and Senior Vice President of Network, Storage, and Software at Sun Microsystems.

Fidelma was appointed to Equinix's Board of Directors and audit committee in June 2022, and she also sits on the HP International Bank's Board of Directors. In July 2023, Fidelma was recognized in CRN's Top 100 Executive awards and Top 25 IT Innovators of 2023.

Fidelma holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from University College Cork, a master's in computer science from Boston University, and completed the Internet of Things Executive Education program at MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Moderator

Author:

Sean White

CEO

Inflection AI

Sean White is the CEO of Inflection AI, a pioneer in human-centered artificial intelligence. With a career spanning decades in tech innovation, Sean has been at the forefront of computer vision and AI technology. His experience includes key roles at Mozilla as Chief R&D Officer, work on augmented reality at the Smithsonian and Columbia University, and contributions to early web-based email systems. Sean’s passion for human-computer interaction and collaborative intelligence drives Inflection AI’s mission to create AI systems that enhance human capabilities and improve organizations.

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Agentic AI, Applications, and Corporate Innovation

In this keynote, Andrew will explore how current technologies, particularly agentic workflows, are revolutionizing the development of AI products. He will also delve into the role of AI in prototyping, showcasing how AI lowers the cost of software development, accelerates the prototyping process, and drives broader corporate innovation.

Author:

Andrew Ng

Managing General Partner

AI Fund

Andrew Ng is the Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.

As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI and has taught over 8 million people AI. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which led Google’s drive to adopt modern AI, and the VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu.

He is also Chairman and Co-founder of Coursera, a leading online education company. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.

Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields, and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

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The AI Infrastructure Landscape

Author:

Lip-Bu Tan

CEO

Intel

Lip-Bu Tan is chief executive officer of Intel Corporation and serves on the company’s board of directors. He was appointed to his position in March 2025.

Tan is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of semiconductor and software experience and deep relationships across the technology ecosystem. He has received several accolades for his significant contributions to the industry, including the 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, and was named one of Forbes’ Top 50 Venture Capitalists.

Tan previously served as chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and was also a member of its board of directors. During his 12 years as Cadence’s chief executive officer, he led a reinvention of the company and drove a cultural transformation centered on customer-centric innovation that enabled Cadence to more than double its revenue, expand operating margins and significantly outperform the market.

Tan is a founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures and chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm. He has also served on the boards of public companies Credo Technology Group and Schneider Electric.

Tan holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.