[SydPhil] BLACKHEATH PHILOSOPHY FORUM JUNE 28

[Sandra Jobson Darroch]

    *BLACKHEATH PHILOSOPHY FORUM
    SATURDAY JUNE 28,4PM-6PM*

    *OUR FINAL INVENTION?*

    /Young Philosophers' Panel/


    *OUR FINAL INVENTION?*

    Will the human race be taken over and wiped out by computers?This is
    the subject of many sci-fi movies, but it is also the subject of the
    next Blackheath Philosophy Forum on Saturday June 28.

    Three Young Philosophers, Toby Solomon, Heydon Wardell-Burns and
    Alice Evans, will tackle this topic in a talk titled"Our Final
    Invention".They will discuss how Artificial Intelligence researchers
    think the emergence of machines with human-like intelligence is more
    likely than not this century. Some think it will not stop there --
    that such intelligences would go on to improve themselves at
    computational speed. Is this our final invention?

    Toby is currently completing his philosophy honours studies at the
    University of Sydney.Heydon graduated in Philosophy with First-class
    Honours from the University of Sydney in 2012 and is now finishing
    his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the University of Sydney, including a
    further honours thesis in equity. Alice graduated with First Class
    Honours in Philosophy and now concentrates on Art and Psychology.

    The Blackheath Philosophy Forum is held on Saturdaysfortnightly from
    4pm-6pm at the Blackheath Community Centre, corner GardinersCrescent
    and the Great Western Highway.$10 admission includes a big afternoon
    tea. Hall is heated. All Welcome!


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