Gary Marcus, NYU; Geometric Intelligence, Inc.SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) holds community lecture “Smart Machines… And What They Can Still Learn From People” with Gary Marcus at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday March 15, at The Lensic Performing Arts Center (211 W. San Francisco St. Santa Fe).
For nearly half a century, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been more science fiction than science: exciting, possible, but just out of reach. And despite significant advances, “strong AI” in many ways remains elusive. Best-selling author and entrepreneur Gary Marcus provides a cognitive scientist’s perspective on AI. What have we learned? What are we still struggling with? Perhaps most compelling, is there anything programmers of AI can still learn from studying the science of human cognition?
Gary Marcus is professor of psychology and neural science at NYU and CEO and co-founder of the recently-formed Geometric Intelligence, Inc. His books include the New York Times best-seller Guitar Zero. He blogs for The New Yorker and is co-editor of the just-released collection The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World’s Leading Neuroscientists.
We will have time for just a few questions at the end of the lecture. Want to submit a question ahead of time? Submit your question to questions@santafe.edu before the lecture.
Below is a recent article related to this talk in MIT Technology Review:
President’s Circle members are offered reserved, front-row seating. Please reserve your tickets and look for signs at the venue. Not yet a President’s Circle member? Learn more or join now.
Click here to view the online event listing. For a complete listing of upcoming SFI Community Lectures, visit here.
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