[IEE EC3 News] Another lecture - IEEE this time - Singularity Re-Visited

[Bill Pechey]

Dear Colleague,

This talk is not organised by IET EC3 but is under the aegis of IEEE.
Richard Mitchell has organised it. The talk is at the usual place fro
EC3 talks.

I hope it will satisfy those who have wanted more material on AI.

You can download a poster from the following IET web page to display
in your place of work:

https://communities.theiet.org/files/18284

Best wishes,

Bill Pechey
IET Thames Valley Specialised Section

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Singularity Re-Visited

Okyay Kaynak

UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics, Bogazici University, Turkey

Thurs 5th March 2020

19:30pm, Tea/Coffee from 19:00

Van Emden Theatre, Edith Morley Building
Whiteknights, 
University of Reading, RG6 6UR

It was more than a decade ago, in 2005, that a non-fiction book,
titled “Singularity is Near” was published and soon became very
popular. Its author; the futurist Ray Kurzweil, defined technological
singularity as “a time when machines will have and be able to make
other machines with intelligence comparable to human beings.” His
prediction at that time was that this would happen by 2045, i.e. about
25 years later.

AI is considered to be the basis of an intelligent machine. This
presentation will discuss the recent hype on AI. Presently,
mind-confusing terms like AI, G(General)AI (or AGI) and EI (Extended
I) are all floating around, DARPA adds to the confusion by “XAI
(Explainable AI).” Is there an Unexplainable AI? What indeed is AI?
Presently some forms of deep learning? And tomorrow what?

The presentation will conclude, pondering whether “Singularity,” as
was defined 13 years ago, will meet the same fate as the “Thinking
Machines."

Contact Prof Richard Mitchell, email: r.j.mitchell at reading.ac.uk 
For directions, see https://www.reading.ac.uk/about/visit-us.aspx