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SUMMARY:Future Tense: Neuroscience\, AI and Society with Cory Doctorow
DESCRIPTION:UW Computational Neuroscience Center presents Neuroscience\, AI and Society lecture featuring Cory Doctorow\n\n\n\nThis talk is presented by the UW Computational Neuroscience Center as part of our Future Tense series\, hosting world-class speakers to discuss topics around themes of neuroscience\, AI and how society may roll with developments in these fields \nWriter Cory Doctorow will be speaking on: \nThe Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI \nAI can’t do your job\, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that fails to do your job. Being a smart AI critic requires that you distinguish between these two cases\, because otherwise\, you’re just gonna help that fast-talking sales person to put you on the breadline and screw over everyone who relies on your work. \nBio: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author\, activist\, and journalist. He is the author of dozens of books\, most recently ENSHITTIFICATION: WHY EVERYTHING SUDDENLY GOT WORSE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT (nonfiction); and the novels PICKS AND SHOVELS and THE BEZZLE (followups to RED TEAM BLUES). Other notable books include the solarpunk novels WALKAWAY and THE LOST CAUSE; the tech policy books THE INTERNET CON and CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM; and the internationally bestselling YA LITTLE BROTHER series; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. He maintains a daily blog at Pluralistic.net. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, is an AD White Professor at Cornell University; an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate; a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University; a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science. He co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto\, Canada\, he now lives in Los Angeles. In 2020\, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In 2022\, he earned the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Awardee for lifetime achievement. In 2024\, the Media Ecology Association awarded him the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. York University (Canada) made him an Honourary Doctor of Laws; and the Open University (UK) made him an Honourary Doctor of Computer Science.
URL:https://scienceinseattle.com/event/future-tense-neuroscience-ai-and-society-with-cory-doctorow/
LOCATION:Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center\, 3931 Brooklyn Avenue Northeast\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105\, United States
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