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AI: Reality and myths
Leicester Museum and Gallery, New Walk, Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7EA
Monday 23 Jan 2023
7:30pmMembers free.
Non-members may attend either on Zoom or in-person on payment of £5 (student non-members £3) by booking through EventBrite. See Tickets link below.
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Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society
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AI: Reality and myths
A Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society lecture by
Professor Nick Jennings CB FRS FREng, Vice-Chancellor and President, Loughborough University.
In our increasingly connected world, computation is everywhere and we are generating ever more data about everything. These trends will profoundly change the ways in which we work with computers. Specifically, we need the machines to be smarter and more helpful. Central to this vision is the means by which we can forge effective partnerships with such artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Until now, humans have generally been the masters and technology the slave. This needs to change. Today’s AI systems can act on high-level human commands and achieve complex goals in a flexible manner. But, while such systems are good at solving narrowly defined tasks, they don’t know how to collaborate with humans or how to operate as part of a problem-solving team. This talk will explore how humans and AI systems can work together. In such partnerships, the humans and the AI systems complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses, leading to a rise in the humans, as well as in the machines.
Professor Nick Jennings CB FRS FREng, Vice-Chancellor and President, Loughborough University.
In our increasingly connected world, computation is everywhere and we are generating ever more data about everything. These trends will profoundly change the ways in which we work with computers. Specifically, we need the machines to be smarter and more helpful. Central to this vision is the means by which we can forge effective partnerships with such artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Until now, humans have generally been the masters and technology the slave. This needs to change. Today’s AI systems can act on high-level human commands and achieve complex goals in a flexible manner. But, while such systems are good at solving narrowly defined tasks, they don’t know how to collaborate with humans or how to operate as part of a problem-solving team. This talk will explore how humans and AI systems can work together. In such partnerships, the humans and the AI systems complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses, leading to a rise in the humans, as well as in the machines.
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