TEDxUAlberta Salon Event 

TEDxUAlberta

TEDxUAlberta proudly presents TEDxSalon: 2020 Vision, an opportunity to engage in the discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the opportunities and challenges it's emergence brings. Take a glimpse inside what we're teaching artificially intelligent machines and what could happen if we go wrong. Let's explore what may be in store for our collective future and how we can plan for the unpredictable, together. 
This event will feature a live speaker- Dr. Jonathan Schaffer whose talk will be followed by Q and A from the audience. 
Jonathan Schaeffer is the University of Alberta's former Dean of Science and a professor in the Department of Computing Science. His research is in the area of artificial intelligence, inventing algorithms that facilitate computers achieving high performance at human tasks. Most of his research has been demonstrated using games. His checkers-playing program Chinook was the first computer to win a human world championship (1994), a feat recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records. He has helped develop superhuman programs at poker (two-player limit Texas Hold'em -- also in the Guinness Book of World Records). He is co-founder of the University of Alberta not-for-profit spin-off company Onlea (onlea.org) which creates engaging online learning experiences.
 Along with a talk from Dr. Schaffer, the Salon event will feature the following TED videos: - How AI can save our humanity by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee - Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it by Yuval Noah Harari.
The above talks will be followed by a discussion period among the audience to discuss their perspective on the opportunities and challenges related to AI described in the talks. The event will be held in the Cascade room in the Students' Union Building on February 5, 2020, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Refreshments will be provided.
Hope to see you there!

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