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Taming Silicon Valley: Peter Norvig in Conversation with Gary Marcus

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Date
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST/PDT
Location
Gates Computer Science Building Room 119 (353 Serra Mall Stanford, CA 94305)
Topics
Sciences (Social, Health, Biological, Physical)
Democracy
Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Healthcare
Government, Public Administration
Industry, Innovation
Law Enforcement and Justice
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Peter Norvig in Conversation with Gary Marcus

Abstract: 

AI could make society or break it. It could revolutionize science, medicine, and technology, and deliver us a world of abundance and better health. Or it could lead to the downfall of democracy, an explosion in cybercrime, or possibly even worse. It’s also been wildly oversold. 

In this seminar, moderator Peter Norvig and speaker Gary Marcus explain why current AI is both morally and technically inadequate, and what we need to do as a society – and as individual citizens – to get to AI that works for all of us.

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Gary Marcus
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University (NYU); Founder and CEO, Geometric.AI
Peter Norvig
Distinguished Education Fellow, Stanford HAI
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