- Second Annual Meeting – October 17
We are pleased to invite you to the second annual meeting of UCL’s Minds and Machines Initiative. The event will bring together computer scientists, psychologists, philosophers, and neuroscientists to discuss the interplay between human cognition and machine intelligence.
When: Thursday, October 17th, 16:00 – 18:15 (UK time).
Where: Room C3.11, IOE, Bedford Way (20), WC1H 0AL.
To attend in person or remotely please register here (in-person spots are limited).
Provisional Schedule:
16:00-16:10 – Welcome
16:10 – 16:35 – Prof. Yvonne Rogers, UCL Interaction Centre & Computer Science Department, UCL.
16:35 – 17:00 – Dr. Ariel Goldstein, Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
17:00 – 17:25 – Prof. Simon Lucas, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London.
17:25 – 17: 50 – Prof. Nadia Berthouze, UCL Interaction Centre.
17:50 – 18:15 – General Discussion and Q&A
Zoom Link:
https://ucl.zoom.us/j/97615381274Meeting ID: 976 1538 1274
Passcode: 389769Questions? Contact Hadeel Haj Ali: hadil.ali.22@ucl.ac.uk
Looking forward to seeing you all!
- Launch Event – March 11th 2024
We are pleased to invite you to the launch event of UCL’s Minds and Machines Initiative.
When: March 11th, 11:00-14:30 (UK time).
Where: Room 631, IOE, Bedford Way (20), WC1H 0AL.
The event will bring together computer scientists, psychologists, philosophers, and neuroscientists to discuss the interplay between human cognition and machine intelligence.
To attend in person or remotely please register here (Note that in-person spots are limited).
Coffee and cookies will be provided.
Questions? Contact Hadeel Haj-Ali: hadil.ali.22@ucl.ac.uk
Provisional schedule:
11:00-11:10 Welcome
11:10-11:35 – Henry Shevlin – Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, “The inevitability of ‘machine consciousness'”.
11:35-12:00 – Hatice Gunes – Affective Intelligence & Robotics Lab, University of Cambridge, From Metal Machines to Socially Intelligent Robots.
12:00 – 12:25 – Maria Eckstein & Kevin Miller, Google DeepMind, Using AI to Derive Mechanistic Models of Natural Intelligence.
12:25 – 12:50 – Raphael Koster, Google DeepMind, Fostering sustainable economic behavior with deep reinforcement learning.
12:50 – 13:05 – General Discussion
13:05 – 13:20 – Coffee Break
13:20-13:40 – Nadine Dijkstra, The MetaLab, University College London, Fundamental constraints on distinguishing imagination from reality.
13:40-14:00 – Moshe Glickman, Affective Brain Lab, University College London, Biased AI systems produce biased humans.
14:00-14:20 – Xiaoliang “Ken” Luo, Love Lab, University College London, Large language models best human experts in predicting neuroscience results.
14:20-14:30 General discussion
Zoom Link:
https://ucl.zoom.us/j/91395307209?pwd=RzJLOWoyWE0xNjZTbWRDTjdjOXl1QT09Meeting ID: 913 9530 7209
Passcode: 761456Looking forward to seeing you all!