BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T165053Z UID:EF8CC397-74AC-4EA1-9722-DFD285C4ADC4 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T140000 DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence has been described as “the new electr icity”\, poised to revolutionize human life and benefit society as much or more than electricity did 100 years ago. AI has also been described as “our biggest existential threat”\, a technology that could “spell th e end of the human race”. Should we welcomeintelligent machines or feart hem? Or perhaps questionwhether they are actually intelligent at all? In t his talk\, AI researcher and award-winning author Melanie Mitchell describ es the current state of artificial intelligence\, highlighting the field's recent stunning achievements as well as its surprisingfailures. Mitchell considers the ethical issues surrounding the increasing deployment of AI s ystems in all aspects of our society\, and closely examines the prospects for imbuing computers with humanlike qualities.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Lord F airfax Community College\n\nSpeaker(s): Melanie Mitchell\, \n\nAgenda: \nW elcome\n\nIntroduction\n\nPresentation\n\nQ&A\n\nAdjournment\n\nBldg: Fair fax Hall\, 173 Skirmisher Lane\, Middletown\, Virginia\, United States\, 2 2645 LOCATION:Bldg: Fairfax Hall\, 173 Skirmisher Lane\, Middletown\, Virginia\, United States\, 22645 ORGANIZER:melissa.stange.ieee@phd.org SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/210095 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>A<span style="left: 189.195px\; top: 207.1 9px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.9130 21)\;">rtificial intelligence has been described as </span><span style="le ft: 472.6401333333333px\; top: 207.1899208333333px\; font-size: 16px\; fon t-family: sans-serif\;">&ldquo\;</span><span style="left: 479.749px\; top: 207.19px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX( 0.929027)\;">the new electricity</span><span style="left: 597.9136px\; top : 207.1899208333333px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\;">&rdqu o\;</span><span style="left: 605.015px\; top: 207.19px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.896776)\;">\, poised to </s pan><span style="left: 120.328px\; top: 225.43px\; font-size: 16px\; font- family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.913353)\;">revolutionize human li fe and benefit society as much o</span><span style="left: 471.343px\; top: 225.43px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX( 0.924266)\;">r more than electricity did 100 </span><span style="left: 120 .328px\; top: 243.99px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; trans form: scaleX(0.878308)\;">years ago. AI has also been described as </span> <span style="left: 386.0073333333333px\; top: 243.98978750000003px\; font- size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\;">&ldquo\;</span><span style="left: 393.117px\; top: 243.99px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; tr ansform: scaleX(0.907851)\;">our biggest existential threat</span><span st yle="left: 574.8432px\; top: 243.98978750000003px\; font-size: 16px\; font -family: sans-serif\;">&rdquo\;</span><span style="left: 581.945px\; top: 243.99px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0 .904822)\;">\, a technology </span><span style="left: 120.328px\; top: 262 .23px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.91 4502)\;">that could </span><span style="left: 187.86666666666667px\; top: 262.22978749999993px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\;">&ldquo \;</span><span style="left: 194.976px\; top: 262.23px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.891659)\;">spell the end of the human race</span><span style="left: 394.90573333333333px\; top: 262.22 978749999993px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\;">&rdquo\;</sp an><span style="left: 402.007px\; top: 262.23px\; font-size: 16px\; font-f amily: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.898876)\;">. </span><span style="l eft: 414.007px\; top: 262.23px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif \; transform: scaleX(0.909474)\;">Should we </span><span style="left: 486. 007px\; top: 262.23px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transf orm: scaleX(0.914737)\;">welcome</span><span style="left: 547.757px\; top: 262.23px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX( 0.941006)\;">intelligent machi</span><span style="left: 655.726px\; top: 2 62.23px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0. 871717)\;">nes or </span><span style="left: 120.328px\; top: 280.79px\; fo nt-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.901414)\;">f ear</span><span style="left: 149.195px\; top: 280.79px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.882164)\;">them? Or perhaps </span><span style="left: 266.921px\; top: 280.79px\; font-size: 16px\; f ont-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.896159)\;">question</span><sp an style="left: 325.14px\; top: 280.79px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.920237)\;">whet</span><span style="left: 356.242px\; top: 280.79px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; tr ansform: scaleX(0.923294)\;">her they are actually intelligent at all? In this talk\, </span><span style="left: 120.328px\; top: 299.03px\; font-siz e: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.894631)\;">AI rese archer and award</span><span style="left: 277.1166666666667px\; top: 299.0 297875px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\;">-</span><span styl e="left: 282.445px\; top: 299.03px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-s erif\; transform: scaleX(0.918886)\;">winning author Melanie Mitchell desc ribes the current state of </span><span style="left: 120.328px\; top: 317. 59px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.920 246)\;">artificial intelligence\, highlighting the field's recent stunning achievements as well as its </span><span style="left: 120.328px\; top: 33 5.83px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.9 22633)\;">surprising</span><span style="left: 188.328px\; top: 335.83px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.93013)\;"> failures</span><span style="left: 236.312px\; top: 335.83px\; font-size: 1 6px\; font-family: sans-serif\; transform: scaleX(0.906389)\;">. Mitchell considers the ethical issues surrounding the increasing </span><span style ="left: 120.328px\; top: 354.39px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-se rif\; transform: scaleX(0.908625)\;">deployment of AI systems in all aspec ts of our society\, and closely examines the </span><span style="left: 120 .328px\; top: 372.63px\; font-size: 16px\; font-family: sans-serif\; trans form: scaleX(0.92004)\;">prospects for imbuing computers with humanlike qu alities.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Welcome</p>\n<p>Introducti on</p>\n<p>Presentation</p>\n<p>Q&amp\;A</p>\n<p>Adjournment</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR