AI Breakout Stars: How Two Lucky Nerds Won the Popularity Contest of the Century

In a shocking turn of events that no one saw coming (except maybe their moms), two individuals have been crowned the Audience Choice winners to lead breakouts at TechCrunch Sessions: AI. That's right, folks, in a world where AI can write poetry, drive cars, and even pretend to care about your problems, we still let humans decide who gets to talk about it.

After sifting through what we can only assume were hundreds of riveting submissions about neural networks and machine learning (yawn), the people have spoken. And by 'the people,' we mean those who could stay awake long enough to click a button on their screens.

The winners will now have the privilege of sharing their 'insights' with 1,200 of the most enthusiastic AI leaders and enthusiasts at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall. Because if there's one thing AI enthusiasts love, it's sitting in a dark room listening to other people talk about AI.

What's next for these breakout stars? World domination? A Netflix special? Or just back to their cubicles to debug more code? Only time will tell. But one thing's for sure: their moms are very proud.

So mark your calendars for June 5, when these two luminaries will take the stage to remind us all that, despite the rise of the machines, human beings still occasionally get to feel special.