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SUMMARY:Wheeler Lecture 2024: Supercharging the Human Mind With AI - Profe
 ssor Yvonne Rogers - Professor of Interaction Design\, Director of UCL Int
 eraction Centre\, Deputy Head of the Computer Science Department UCL
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CONTACT:Ben Karniely
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nSince the early 2020s there has been a call to arm
 s for making AI systems more human-centred (HCAI). By this is meant wideni
 ng the AI agenda from being largely technical in its aspirations to one th
 at is concerned with humans and\, more generally\, societal needs. A core 
 part of this is a move towards responsible AI\, that is reliable\, compete
 nt and trustworthy. My vision is more radical\; exploring how human-centre
 d AI can empower us to achieve ever greater feats by developing new AI ‘
 supertools’ – that don’t just make our tasks more efficient but expa
 nd our minds\, daring us to think differently\, while at the same time hel
 ping us break through the barriers that often stall or prevent creative le
 aps. An overarching goal is to design AI that augments what we do\, by sug
 gesting\, prompting\, conjuring up\, counter-arguing\, nudging\, probing a
 nd even acting as a sparring partner or a form of super-ego.  In my lectur
 e\, I will describe my current research which attempts to open up people
 ’s minds more through designing technology with them in mind.  \n\nBio \
 n\nYvonne Rogers is the director of the Interaction Centre at UCL (UCLIC)\
 , deputy head of department for Computer Science and a Professor of Intera
 ction Design. Her research is in the areas of human-computer interaction\,
  ubiquitous computing and interaction design. Her current research focuses
  on how human behaviour is being impacted and augmented through the design
  and adoption of new technologies. She is particularly interested in how h
 uman-centred applications of AI can be developed that benefit society. Cen
 tral to her work is a critical stance towards how visions\, theories and f
 rameworks shape the fields of HCI\, cognitive science and AI. She been ins
 trumental in promulgating new theories (e.g.\, external cognition)\, alter
 native methodologies (e.g.\, in the wild studies) and far-reaching researc
 h agendas (e.g.\, “Being Human” manifesto) and has pioneered an approa
 ch to innovation and ubiquitous learning. In 2022 she was awarded the ACM 
 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Research Award and was elected as a fellow of 
 the Royal Society. Other awards include the Royal Society Robin Milner Med
 al (2022) and a MRC Suffrage and Science Award (2020) for being one of the
  leading women in 'mathematics & computing’. She was also awarded a chai
 r of excellence from the University of Bremen (2020-2025). This year she w
 as elected as an international member of the American National Academy of 
 Engineering.\n\n\nIf you would like to attend in person or virtually\, ple
 ase sign up on the Eventbrite registration here:\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite
 .co.uk/e/1003131241547\n\nThis talk is being recorded. If you do not wish 
 to be seen in the recording\, please avoid sitting in the front three rows
  of seats in the lecture theatre. Any questions asked will also be include
 d in the recording. The recording will be made available on the Department
 ’s webpage
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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