Former Argonne Director Walter Massey and Pete Beckman, Co-Director of the Northwestern-Argonne Institute for Science and Technology, will be among the expert panelists discussing the implications of artificial intelligence at an event presented by the Illinois Humanities and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The event will be held Thursday, April 13, 2017, from 6 to 7:15 p.m., at the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Library Center, 400 South State Street, Chicago.
The event is free but seating is limited. RSVP here.
From the Twilight Zone and Star Trek to George Orwell’s 1984, artists have been helping us imagine artificial intelligence (AI) for decades. Now, technology has caught up to what artists have been dreaming up, and AI is already transforming the way we live, work, and play.
- What are the moral implications of AI?
- As we progress in this field, how do we know what makes us human vs machine?
- What are our national security concerns for the future?
Illinois Humanities and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago invite you to join a panel of experts in the fields of art, science, theology, national security, and tech as they provide their insights on the promises and perils of AI and explore the answers to these questions.
Panelists
- Moderated by Raja Halwani, Professor, Philosophy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Pete Beckman, Co-Director, Northwestern-Argonne Institute for Science and Technology
- Rachel Bronson, Executive Director and Publisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Eduardo Kac, Professor, Art and Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Malcolm MacIver , Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
- Walter Masse, Chancellor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; former Director, Argonne National Laboratory and the National Science Foundation
- Christophe D. Ringer, Assistant Professor, Theological Ethics and Society, Chicago Theological Seminary