Stuart Russell asks how artificial intelligence could transform our world

Stuart Russell explores the future of Artificial Intelligence and asks: How can we get our relationship with it right? In this lecture he reflects on the birth of AI, tracing our thinking about it back to Aristotle. He outlines the definition of AI, its successes and failures, and the risks it poses for the future.

Referencing the representation of AI systems in film and popular culture, Professor Russell will examine whether our fears are well founded.[…]

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