AI: What Could Possibly Go Wrong…?

a conversation with

Dr. Stuart Russell

world leading pioneer in AI

Thursday, November 19, 4-5pm, on Zoom

AI is advancing at breakneck speed. The safeguards meant to keep it in check? Not even close.

Dr. Stuart Russell, named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, joins us on Zoom to confront a troubling question: What happens when the technology we've created becomes too powerful for us to control?

The warning signs are already emerging. The risks are no longer theoretical. And the stakes could hardly be higher.

About Our Speaker

Dr. Stuart Russell is the Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering and a professor in the Division of Computer Science, EECS. His research covers a wide range of topics in artificial intelligence including machine learning, probabilistic reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, real-time decision making, multitarget tracking, computer vision, computational physiology, and philosophical foundations. He has also worked with the United Nations to create a new global seismic monitoring system for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. His current concerns include the threat of autonomous weapons and the long-term future of artificial intelligence and its relation to humanity. The latter topic is the subject of his new book, "Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control" (Viking/Penguin, 2019), which was excerpted in the New York Times and listed among Best Books of 2019 by the Guardian, Forbes, the Daily Telegraph, and the Financial Times.