New Scientist - UK (2022-05-21)

Events

Thursday 15 June 2022 7-9pm BST/ 2-4pm EDT and on-demand

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as one of the most important issues of our time.

While we are growing used to the idea of AI influencing our daily lives, key questions

remain: is AI a threat or an opportunity? What are the applications that will change our

way of life? How impressive is AI, how good will it get, and how soon?

TALK ONE
fAIth: BELIEVING IN AI

Beth Singler, junior research fellow in
artificial intelligence, University of Cambridge

When we don’t understand AI, it can become
something much greater in our minds than it
actually is. In this talk, Beth Singler will explore our
hopes and fears for AI and how they can distract
from what is really happening, and who is making
the decisions behind the decision machines. She
will explore the stories we tell ourselves about AI,
from the utopian to the dystopian, and discuss
what it means to believe in AI.

TALK T WO

ADVANCING SCIENCE THROUGH AI:

NEW THINKING IN WEATHER, ENGINEERING

AND ENERGY

Shakir Mohamed, research scientist, DeepMind

Shakir Mohamed will discuss how the tools of AI, including

data-driven analysis, prediction, control, and generation,

are being used to combat crucial challenges in weather,

engineering and energy. He will show that these aren’t only

technical problems, but also social ones, and reveal why

understanding AI as a sociotechnical field is so important.

Shakir will also argue that greater understanding is needed

if AI is to serve our shared prosperity.

This event will take place at Conway Hall in London and will be live-streamed.

An on-demand recording will also be available for all attendees.

For more information and to book your place visit:

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