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Dr. Jaan Aru, Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu will give a lecture in our forum on his work on the intersection of artificial intelligence and consciousness research:Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and the current debate on conscious machines provide a golden opportunity to reassess fundamental assumptions about consciousness. For instance, the rise of the capabilities of AI systems has led to the question of whether these systems might soon be conscious. However, that debate has revealed that we might have underestimated the complexity neurobiological mechanisms underlying consciousness. in this talk, Aru will mainly focus on two issues: First, the architectures of present-day AI algorithms are missing key features of the thalamocortical system that have been linked to conscious awareness in mammals. Second, the evolutionary and developmental trajectories that led to the emergence of living conscious organisms arguably have no parallels in artificial systems as envisioned today. The existence of living organisms depends on their actions and their survival is intricately linked to multi-level cellular, inter-cellular, and organismal processes culminating in agency and consciousness
Jaan Aru is an associate professor at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu. He did his PhD in the Max Planck Institute of Brain Research and obtained a Marie-Curie fellowship to do a post-doc with Matthew Larkum in Berlin. He has written three books in Estonian and has twice received the national science communication prize in Estonia for his efforts in popularizing science. In 2019, he received the Young Scientist Prize from the President of Estonia.
Time: May 15th, 2024, 16.00 – 17:47
After the lecture, 16.00 – 17.00, there will be time for questions and discussion
Venue: Auditorium 1, Sverdrups hus (the main library), Blindern Campus, University of Oslo
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More info can be found on our website:
https://bevissthetsforum.no/event/public-lecture-dr-jaan-aru-science-of-consciousness-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sophus Lies auditorium, Moltke Moes vei 35-39,Oslo, Norway