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SUMMARY:Project Malmo: turning Minecraft into a testbed for the future of 
 AI - Katja Hofmann\, Microsoft Research Cambridge
DTSTART:20170124T200000Z
DTEND:20170124T210000Z
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CONTACT:Swaraj Dash
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to our first talk of the new term by Katja Hofma
 nn\, who has been investigating how Minecraft can be used as a platform fo
 r AI experimentation\, and investigating what makes us human.\n\nAbstract:
  The idea of building machines that think and behave like people has captu
 red people's imagination for centuries. But what is it really that makes u
 s intelligent? What makes us\, humans\, intelligent\, and what does this t
 ell us about the kinds of machines that would need to be built in order to
  achieve artificial intelligence (AI)?\n\nIn this talk I briefly summarize
  the current state-of-the-art in AI - especially the fantastic progress th
 at has been made especially in artificial perception. I then turn to the n
 ext challenge: interactive learning\, and examine the progress that has be
 en made so far. Finally\, you will learn why current video games\, like th
 e popular video game Minecraft\, may be key to solving the next big challe
 nge in AI.\n\nSpeaker bio: Katja Hofmann is the lead researcher at Project
  Malmo in the Machine Intelligence and Pereption group at Microsoft Resear
 ch. She obtained her MSc in Computer Science from CSU East bay\, and subse
 quently obtained her PhD at the University of Amsterdam. Now she develops 
 intelligence technology using Minecraft\, with the goal to develop AI syst
 ems that can collaborate with people.\n\nCome along to the talk to find ou
 t more about the exciting world of artificial intelligence and how it rela
 tes to Minecraft! We are heading to the pub with Katja after the talk\, an
 d the first drink is on CUCaTS! FREE DRINKS! Hope to see many of you at th
 e talk and pub.
LOCATION: Lecture Theatre\, Trinity Hall
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