BOZEMAN — Montana State University will host former U.S. senator and ambassador to China Max Baucus and artificial intelligence expert Alvin Wang Graylin for “Our Next Reality: A Fireside Conversation on AI.”

The 90-minute event will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in Room 165 of MSU’s Norm Asbjornson Hall. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

Graylin is the author of “Our Next Reality: How the AI-Powered Metaverse Will Reshape the World,” which was published in 2024.

The event is sponsored by MSU’s Gianforte School of Computing, the Max Baucus Institute and Stockman Bank.