Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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While much talk about what the future could look like focuses on emerging and rapidly advancing technologies, speakers at the TIME Trailblazers Dinner in Las Vegas on Monday urged focusing on people.
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speakers → look → people
Aicha Evans, the chief executive officer of autonomous vehicle company Zoox and a 2026 TIME Trailblazers honoree, talked about how the design of her company’s robotaxis—or “toasters,” as she jokingly called them, in apparent reference to how boxy they look—prioritizes the rider experience and tries to eliminate the thought of driving altogether.
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they → talk → thought
“We have a very simple view: when you are in our purpose-built robotaxi, if you thought about driving, we actually failed,” Evans told moderator Kelly Conniff, TIME’s deputy editor and head of creative at TIME Studios.
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Evans → build → Studios
“We want you to be you.
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you → want → ?
To some people, that’s hanging out. …
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that → hang → people
To some people, like me, it’s probably the only time when I feel alone in a good way.
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I → ’ → way
Evans added that Zoox also takes its responsibility to keep riders safe seriously, given how there are nearly 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year related to motor vehicle crashes.
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Zoox → add → crashes
Fellow panelist and 2026 TIME Trailblazers honoree, entrepreneur Jason Ballard, whose construction-technology firm ICON specializes in 3D-printed housing, discussed how his own experiences with hurricanes in the Texas Gulf Coast made him think deeply about what decent human shelter looks like.
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shelter → specialize → what
He added that the way houses are built today is still “inhuman,” “sterile,” and “repetitive,” and that he envisions a world where housing can be both “affordable” and “beautiful.”
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housing → add → world
Ballard argued that technology can reconcile values that otherwise appear to conflict.
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that → argue → values
“What advanced technology is supposed to do is maybe bring our values out of conflict,” he says.
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he → suppose → conflict
“Right now you have to choose between affordability and beauty, or you have to choose between speed of construction and sustainability.
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you → have → construction
But wouldn’t the purpose of technology be that we can have all of our values?”
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we → have → values
Steve Blum, executive vice president and chief operating officer of software company Autodesk, which is a presenting partner for the event, also participated in the panel and touched on current concerns about artificial intelligence and automation replacing humans.
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intelligence → present → humans
Blum said that at his company, “AI is here to augment the human, not replace the human,” adding that it gives people more time to do activities they love and to hone their expertise.
“Everywhere around the world I travel, folks are saying they can’t go after all the projects they want to go after because they do not have the capacity and people,” Blum said.
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Blum → say → capacity
“AI will help by getting more out of each of the humans and allow them to do more work.”
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them → help → work
Ballard wrapped up the panel discussion with a vision for this people-focused future, and presented an optimistic view of technology’s role in bringing dignity to people’s lives.
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Ballard → wrap → lives
“There’s a lot of maybe scary, fearful things in the air right now around advanced technologies and AI,” he said.
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he → ’ → technologies
“But I think when you look at the things that are actually being done with the tools today… it’s a very cool time to be alive.”
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it → think → tools
The TIME Trailblazers Dinner: Designing and Making the Future was presented by Autodesk.
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Dinner → design → Autodesk
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