When: Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMWhere: GO Jones Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End
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A series of three lectures will present the core ideas of Prof. Shalom Lappin's forthcoming book, Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Neither Catastrophe nor Redemption (Polity Books, 2025). The book is aimed at a general readership interested in exploring both the basic engineering concepts of current AI systems and the broader social issues they raise. Whether you’re a computer scientist or someone intrigued by the social and economic impacts of the AI-driven technological revolution, this series offers insights that will be of interest to you.
Lecture 1 - The Roots of the Deep Learning Transformation, 15 October 2024 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Lecture 2 - Dangers Imagined and Real, 29 October 2024 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Lecture 3 - Towards a Rational Public Policy on AI, 12 November 2024 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
About the Speaker
Shalom Lappin is a Professor of Natural Language Processing in the School of Electronic Engineering at Queen Mary University of London. He is also Emeritus Professor of Computational Linguistics in the Department of Informatics at King's College London, and Scientific Researcher in the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability at University of Gothenburg. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and a Member of the Academia Europaea. His research focuses on the application of machine learning to the representation and acquisition of natural language.