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Explore the future of Universal Intelligent Systems (UIS) in this Stanford seminar featuring Carl Hewitt of MIT and John Perry of Stanford. Delve into the concept of UIS, which will encompass all manufactured items and sensed activities by 2030. Learn how these systems will integrate massive amounts of pervasively inconsistent information from various sources, including video, web pages, hologlasses, databases, sensors, and human interactions. Discover the potential for UIS to overcome current reuse limitations, adapt in real-time, and be self-informative about their goals, capabilities, and information provenance. Understand the paramount importance of security in UIS development and the challenges of the Project Liftoff initiative, which aims to develop and deploy these systems within the decade. Gain insights into the educational requirements and talent shortage facing this ambitious project, comparable in scale to the Apollo Program.