All,

It’s a pleasure to invite you to our online event below, with as a special guest Jay McClelland, coeditor of the 1986 PDP books on connectionist (neural network / machine learning) models of intelligence, perception, language & the mind, providing a perspective on the open challenges for AI.

For more information see below and the website at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/sails/research/webinar-dec-2020-art-soc...

Kind regards,

Peter van der Putten Assistant professor, LIACS, Leiden University

The future of AI is human

The SAILS AI research initiative at Leiden University is inviting you to come and join us for an exciting event on the intersection of AI & art, science and society, on Tuesday December 15, 16.30-18.30 CET, on the SAILS YouTube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHbM9npjxFMy2LxlZnF5ag. Free registration herehttps://forms.gle/Ss8UwEzr1L6JuGds8 and info on the SAILS websitehttps://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/sails/research/webinar-dec-2020-art-society-and-technology.

We are not alone anymore. Artificial Intelligence is changing society, for better or for worse, and we will need to find new ways to relate to our artificial counterparts. Will our joint future be symbiotic, antagonistic or more one of fruitful collaboration? And what can we actually learn from the AI about what makes us human – perhaps even beyond intelligence? What are the grand challenges that are still out there, and do we even know how to begin to tackle them?   SAILS, the Leiden University wide research program on AI, has the pleasure to invite you to a livestream talk show on December 15, where we invite artists, scientists and designers to debate and imagine our future with AI, through a whirlwind of very current yet not so middle-of-the-road artworks and research projects.

Jay McClelland from Stanford University, whose books on neural networks launched the previous AI summer in the eighties, will conclude the event with his thoughts on the big pieces of puzzle still missing and reflect on our long-term future with AI.

Our guests:

* Vera van de Seyphttps://veravandeseyp.com/ on creative collaboration with AI in typography & design * Petra Gemeinboeckhttps://www.impossiblegeographies.net/ and Rob Saundershttps://www.robsaunders.net/ on creative robotics * Eduard Fosch Villarongahttps://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/eduard-fosch-villaronga#tab-1 on inclusive robotics & AI * Suzan Verbernehttp://liacs.leidenuniv.nl/~verbernes/ & Jasper Schellinghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jasperschelling/ on polarization and misinformation in media * Jay McClellandhttps://stanford.edu/~jlmcc/, on what we have learned from AI & connectionist models of the mind, and the grand challenges & questions remaining

More detailed information on the speakers and the event is available on the SAILS websitehttps://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/sails/research/webinar-dec-2020-art-society-and-technology.

Organizers and moderators

* Tessa Verhoefhttps://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/tessa-verhoef#tab-1: assistant professor, Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University * Roy de Kleijnhttps://roydekleijn.nl/, assistant professor, Cognitive Psychology, Leiden University * Peter van der Puttenhttp://liacs.leidenuniv.nl/~puttenpwhvander/: assistant professor, Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University * Mischa Hautvasthttps://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/mischa-hautvast#tab-1: Program coordinator, SAILS * Streaming production: Lesley van Hoekhttps://lesleyvanhoek.nl/, Graphical design: Vera van de Seyphttps://veravandeseyp.com/