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

[Bill Pechey]

Dear all,

For personal reasons, the speaker is now unable to come on March 5th,
but we hope to rearrange for later in the year.

Best wishes,

Bill.

Monday, February 24, 2020, 11:57:24 AM, I wrote:


> 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

> ++++++++++

> 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


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