Download Professor Toby Walsh

Professor Toby
Walsh
University of New South Wales,
Australia
Tuesday 26 April
18.30–19.30
LT1 Kramer Building,
Middle Campus, UCT
R84 (full fee); R42 (staff)
RSVP 021 650 2888 or [email protected].
A
rtificial Intelligence (or AI) is in the
zeitgeist. The Chief Economist of
the Bank of England has predicted
that AI could destroy 50% of jobs in the
UK. Thousands of researchers have
signed an open letter predicting that AI
could transform warfare and lead to an
arms race of ‘killer robots’. And Stephen
Hawking and others have predicted that
AI could end humanity itself. What should
we make of all these predictions? And
what should we do to ensure a safe and
prosperous future for all?
Toby Walsh is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South
Wales and leads a research group at
Data61, Australia’s Centre of Excellence
for ICT Research.
This public lecture is being presented by
the Centre for Extra Mural Studies at
UCT in association with the 15th
International Conference on Principles of
Knowledge Representation and
Reasoning. The conference will see
leading experts on AI gather at the Cape
Town International Convention Centre
from 25 to 29 April.
www.summerschool.uct.ac.za
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