Turning off videos of participants during the summit today

Who knew that taking a bathroom break or going to get a bottle of water would cause a phenomenon that has me returning to no video and a message that my video had been turned off by the host, but I could still hear the audio. So now I understood the continual requests by participants to have their video turned on including one who wrote "I just leaned back in my chair". How long did I take? Less than or = to a minute. Can a human be that fast? I don't think so. The irony of an AI moderation system creating exactly the kind of dehumanizing impersonal experience that gives people AI anxiety — during an event designed to make people feel good about AI. It got my attention and not in a good way. Please do not make this a repeat occurrence at future events.

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