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On earth there is nothing great
but man,
and in man there is nothing
great but mind.
Favorinus of Arelate
2nd Century A.D.
(from the Latin)
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1. Popular attitudes to Artificial Intelligence,
as represented in a number of movies
2. Degree to which this reflects the real
situation in Artificial Intelligence
3. The meaning of AI and differences between
brains and computers
4. The likely impact of the emergence of AI on
human society
5. General discussion
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Metropolis 1927
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Metropolis 1927
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Metropolis 1927
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Metropolis 1927
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False Maria
C-3PO
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Alphaville 1965
MEN, BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS OVER THE CENTURIES,
WILL GRADUALLY BE DESTROYED. I, ALPHA-60, AM
ONLY THE LOGICAL MEANS OF THAT DESTRUCTION
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Alphaville 1965
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2001: A Space Odyssey 1969
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The Forbin Project 1970
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1. Machine Consciousness poses a threat to
human welfare.
2. Machine Consciousness increasingly
presented as independent of human
control and pursuing its own agenda.
3. Machine Consciousness increasingly
presented as outstripping the human
brain in its abilities and cunning.
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Quantum Evolution: The New Science of the
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Life Force
Johnjoe McFadden (Flamingo, 2000)
The Emperor’s New Mind
Roger Penrose
(Oxford University Press, 1989)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden
Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Basic Books Inc.
1979)
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COMPUTER
Stores most of its information in devices external to the CPU
Performs tasks sequentially, and transfers results back to memory
Performs relatively few tasks simultaneously
Relies on a central clock to synchronize and sequence its operations
Performs precise instructions which have been given in advance
Performs individual operations in a time scale of nanoseconds
BRAIN
The CPU and the memory are the same thing: there is no memory
storage external to the CPU
Performs enormous numbers of tasks simultaneously
Asynchronous: no central clock
No separate instructions (program): the instructions are written-in to
the architecture of the system and are subject to continuous
reappraisal
Individual operations take place many millions of times more slowly
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden
Braid
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Basic Books Inc., N.Y. (1979)
‘… an “I” comes about… via a kind of
vortex whereby patterns in a brain mirror the
brain’s mirroring of the world, and eventually
mirror themselves, whereupon the vortex of
“I” becomes a real, causal entity.’
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•A robot may not injure a human being, or,
through inaction, allow a human being to
come to harm.
•A robot must obey the orders given it by
human beings except where such orders
would conflict with the First Law.
•A robot must protect its own existence as
long as such protection does not conflict
with the First or Second Law.
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