Conscious Artificial Intelligence?

Date: 10/26/2017
Time: 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM

The Connecticut Science Center
250 Columbus Boulevard
Hartford, CT 06103

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Event Description: If and when you encounter an AI, it is best to look beyond superficialities, like a human-like appearance. Perhaps only biological beings can have experience, or perhaps super-intelligent AI doesn’t need to be conscious. Susan Schneider proposes a test for determining whether AI can be conscious. Her work wrestles with vexed issues such as the nature of the mind, whether AI can be conscious, preparing for artificial general intelligence (AGI), super-intelligent AI, and futuristic brain enhancements, such as brain chips and uploading. Susan Schneider is an associate professor of philosophy and cognitive science at the University of Connecticut and a member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics at Yale University. Dr. Schneider writes about matters involving the nature of the self, which she examines from the vantage point of issues in philosophy of mind and cognitive science.


Directions:
The Connecticut Science Center 250 Columbus Boulevard Hartford, CT 06103

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