Irish Mensa Lecture & Discussion: Forging Better Futures for You and AI

Each month we watch a pre-recorded lecture from Gresham College and follow up with a discussion inspired by what we just learned. This month's topic is "Forging Better Futures for You and AI."

ABSTRACT
Professor Matt Jones will work to wake us from the AI as Overlord spell. He will explore other possible futures, looking first look at the potential of AI fitting in with us: things we can chat to; humanoid robots; or even devices that draw on understandings of pets to make them more palatable and pleasing. Secondly, he'll suggest a way to weave AI into everyday life: as a "simple" instrument to enable our souls to sing.

Jones is a computer scientist at Swansea University — and a Fellow of the British Computer Society — who works alongside colleagues from many other disciplines and directly with everyday folk across the world to explore the future of digital technologies. Over the last 30-plus years, this human-centered approach has led to novel approaches for, amongst other things, mobile phone-based information searching and browsing, pedestrian navigation, voice assistants and deformable displays.

Jones is a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office's Research Advisory Group and Welsh Government's AI reviews. His work has been supported by the UK's science funders (EPSRC and UKRI). Currently, this funding includes a Fellowship to explore the future of interactive AI and leadership roles in responsible AI and inclusive digital technologies.

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This is a FREE virtual event, with no need to register in advance. Just click on the Zoom link when it is time to join the meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://tinyurl.com/mr42yb2p
Meeting ID: 899 6573 3053
Passcode: 850078

For more information, contact Mary Reilly at mary@craftcottage.ie.