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Can Machines Be Conscious, and Would It Matter If They Were?

The question “Will AI artefacts ever be conscious?” was raised by Turing seventy years ago, and will not go away even though no one quite knows what it means, nor how we would know they were conscious if they were.

AI Weapons, War and Ethics

This lecture will explore fully autonomous weapons, the products of AI technology, and the arguments for and against their use.

Is There Danger Ahead With AI: Superintelligence, Ethics, Work, Leisure and Automation

Professor Wilks will discuss the argument that ‘superintelligent’ AI may turn against us, as Hawking and Bostrom have warned.

The Search for Meaning on the Web: The Semantic Web and Managing a Lifetime's Information

Professor Wilks will describe the Semantic Web and its origin in annotation methods from the humanities and will argue the need for this form of AI to manage a lifetime’s information on the web.

Making Information Personal: Companions

Professor Wilks will discuss the notion of an artificial Companion, a long-term software agent that could be present in any device: a screen, handbag or even a furry toy - and which understands the person it 'lives' with.

Artificial Intelligence

Alan Turing famously proposed a test of artificial intelligence. What has been achieved? Stephen Hawking has said that real artificial intelligence will mean the end of mankind. Is that a real threat? Are there limits to what a silicon brain might do?

What will happen when Artificial Intelligence and the Internet meet the Professions?

In the long run, in an Internet society, it is claimed, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others, to work as they did in the 20th century. - Is this true?

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Is There Danger Ahead With AI: Superintelligence, Ethics, Work, Leisure and Automation

The Search for Meaning on the Web: The Semantic Web and Managing a Lifetime's Information

Making Information Personal: Companions

Artificial Intelligence

What will happen when Artificial Intelligence and the Internet meet the Professions?

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Can Machines Be Conscious, and Would It Matter If They Were?

AI Weapons, War and Ethics

Is There Danger Ahead With AI: Superintelligence, Ethics, Work, Leisure and Automation

The Search for Meaning on the Web: The Semantic Web and Managing a Lifetime's Information

Making Information Personal: Companions

Artificial Intelligence

What will happen when Artificial Intelligence and the Internet meet the Professions?

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