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SUMMARY:General Artificial Intelligence: The Great Failure of Computer Sci
 ence (&amp\; The Impending Success of Geology) - Matouš Ptáček (Univers
 ity of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20151026T170000Z
DTEND:20151026T180000Z
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CONTACT:Matouš Ptáček
DESCRIPTION:  Looking back at science-fiction films from even a few decade
 s ago\, it is only natural to feel disappointed\; sure\, everyone has a sm
 artphone now\, but where are the flying cars? The personal jetpacks & rock
 etships? And\, perhaps most importantly - where are all the robotic butler
 s?\n  This talk shall address the latter question\, by considering the fun
 damental systemic problems in computer science\, which prevent it from ful
 ly addressing the problem of general intelligence\; and\, moreover\, the w
 ays in which geology has actually overcome a lot of these problems during 
 its own history. Watch out\, world - for when artificial intelligence arri
 ves onto the stage\, its creator will be not a programmer\, but a geologis
 t.
LOCATION:Harker Room 1\, Department of Earth Sciences
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