In March 2016, a quite milestone passed for humanity. AlphaGo, an AI system developed by Google’s DeepMind, defeated Lee Se-dol, the best GO player in the world. After game two, Lee said he felt “speechless.” The ancient Chinese game is considered the most complex game ever devised by humans—it has more possible configurations than atoms in the universe. “I misjudged the capabilities of AlphaGo and felt powerless,” Lee confessed. During the game, AlphaGo applied deep learning through neural networks—like the brain, it taught itself to play and improved through examples and experience. How is this different than being human? Lee stated that “robots will never understand the beauty of the game the same way that we humans do”… but this may be up for debate. For this second session in the spring 2021 series, we will discuss what makes us authentically human and how AI might be gaining ground.
Feb
17
2021
When: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Where: ONLINE (Zoom)
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
Where: ONLINE (Zoom)
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
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