BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240207T165728Z UID:2F51A83F-AB94-4B33-91A7-C1CE961768AE DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230427T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230427T193000 DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now taking over the world.\n\nI n the article “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” (Turing\, 1950) A lan Turing proposed what he called an imitation game (now known as Turing test)\, a scenario in which a person would communicate with both a compute r and a human via key-board terminal. If the questioning person could not distinguish the computer from the human\, the computer should be considere d intelligent according to Turing. Today\, Turing tests are generally sati sfied. In many scenarios\, humans cannot distinguish a computer from a hum an.\n\nAI will now do just about anything for you. Machines now optimize l ogistics\, predict weather\, drive your car\, write your thesis\, verify y our identity\, and answer your queries faster than any human. A machine ca n be your chess opponent or be your girlfriend.\n\nAI must be real. Everyo ne is hysterical about it. Why? True intelligence implies a self-determine d entity\, capable of independent decision making\, as well as harbouring self-doubt and uncertainty (fear) and related motivations. Without the nee d for a controlling programmer and no need of explicit algorithms\, attemp ts at controlling the machine may be interpreted by the machine as a threa t. This makes the machine unpredictable (untrustworthy) and\, itself\, a t hreat.\n\nAI acceptance is at a fever pitch. AI has exacted for itself a b ig budget from the Defense Department\, and companies are investing m(b)il lion$ to employ the brightest minds on Earth to bring us AI. These are not stupid people.\n\nAre they? Perhaps the human-like intelligence that we a im to ascribe to machines is really not that impressive. As Descartes impl ied\, humans are essentially automata\, mere biological machines. Descarte s also claimed that human free-will was outer-worldly. Without freewill\, or a soul for that matter\, machines can never embody human ingenuity.\n\n For the Turing test\, the problem is that computers operate on known data and cannot hypothesize about the unknown or investigate accordingly. That is\, AI cannot exist without input from a human. Without data\, machines a re useless.\n\nWe can model a machine to mimic a brain’s neurons. And fo r good measure\, we can infuse realistic randomness in to the system along with biological nomenclature such as neural nets and genetic algorithms. But it is all superficial.\n\nAs with familiar objects imagined in a cloud y sky\, humans are mesmerized by the possibilities of complex systems. No doubt AI will entail such folly\, and a large economic one at that\, just as history has shown time and time again\, AI is the latest proverbial sle dgehammer for driving tacks.\n\nResearchers have categorized machine intel ligence as Strong AI\, Weak AI\, Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI)\, Ar tificial General Intelligence (AGI)\, ... None of it matters\, except for the marketing department. AI is actually AI In Name Only (AINO)\, as AI at the machine level is just an incredibly complex system of finite state ma chines. It is just clockwork for working out symbolic logic on a large sca le.\n\nJoin us for a debate to settle the AI argument once and for all.\n\ nAgenda: \nThe debate will begin at 6:00 PM and conclude no later than 7:3 0 PM\, at which time there will be a vote on the topic via on-line survey. \n\nLight snacks & beverages will be provided.\n\nRoom: CLA 120\, Bldg: Ce nter for Liberal Arts (CLA)\, North Hennepin Community College\, 7411 85th Avenue North\, Brooklyn Park\, Minnesota\, United States\, 55445\, Virtua l: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355214 LOCATION:Room: CLA 120\, Bldg: Center for Liberal Arts (CLA)\, North Hennep in Community College\, 7411 85th Avenue North\, Brooklyn Park\, Minnesota\ , United States\, 55445\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355214 ORGANIZER:Jack.Pope@ieee.org SEQUENCE:20 SUMMARY:The AI Debate - Twin Cities IEEE Computer Society URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355214 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p align="justify">Artificial Intelligence (A I) is now taking over the world.</p>\n<p align="justify">In the article &l dquo\;Computing Machinery and Intelligence&rdquo\; (Turing\, 1950) Alan Tu ring proposed what he called an <em>imitation game</em> (now known as <em> Turing test</em>)\, a scenario in which a person would communicate with bo th a computer and a human via key-board terminal. If the questioning perso n could not distinguish the computer from the human\, the computer should be considered intelligent according to Turing. Today\, Turing tests are ge nerally satisfied. In many scenarios\, humans cannot distinguish a compute r from a human.</p>\n<p align="justify">AI will now do just about anything for you. Machines now optimize logistics\, predict weather\, drive your c ar\, write your thesis\, verify your identity\, and answer your queries fa ster than any human. A machine can be your chess opponent or be your girlf riend.</p>\n<p align="justify">AI must be real. Everyone is hysterical abo ut it. Why? True intelligence implies a self-determined entity\, capable o f independent decision making\, as well as harbouring self-doubt and uncer tainty (fear) and related motivations. Without the need for a controlling programmer and no need of explicit algorithms\, attempts at controlling th e machine may be interpreted by the machine as a threat. This makes the ma chine unpredictable (untrustworthy) and\, itself\, a threat.</p>\n<p align ="justify">AI acceptance is at a fever pitch. AI has exacted for itself a big budget from the Defense Department\, and companies are investing m(b)i llion$ to employ the brightest minds on Earth to bring us AI. These are no t stupid people.</p>\n<p align="justify">Are they? Perhaps the human-like intelligence that we aim to ascribe to machines is really not that impress ive. As Descartes implied\, humans are essentially automata\, mere biologi cal machines. Descartes also claimed that human free-will was outer-worldl y. Without freewill\, or a soul for that matter\, machines can never embod y human ingenuity.</p>\n<p align="justify">For the Turing test\, the probl em is that computers operate on known data and cannot hypothesize about th e unknown or investigate accordingly. That is\, AI cannot exist without in put from a human. Without data\, machines are useless.</p>\n<p align="just ify">We can model a machine to mimic a brain&rsquo\;s neurons. And for goo d measure\, we can infuse realistic randomness in to the system along with biological nomenclature such as <em>neural nets</em> and <em>genetic algo rithms</em>. But it is all superficial.</p>\n<p align="justify">As with fa miliar objects imagined in a cloudy sky\, humans are mesmerized by the pos sibilities of complex systems. No doubt AI will entail such folly\, and a large economic one at that\, just as history has shown time and time again \, AI is the latest proverbial sledgehammer for driving tacks.</p>\n<p ali gn="justify">Researchers have categorized machine intelligence as Strong A I\, Weak AI\, Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI)\, Artificial General In telligence (AGI)\, ... None of it matters\, except for the marketing depar tment. AI is actually AI In Name Only (AINO)\, as AI at the machine level is just an incredibly complex system of finite state machines. It is just clockwork for working out symbolic logic on a large scale.</p>\n<p align=" center"><strong>Join us for a debate to settle the AI argument once and fo r all.</strong></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>The debate will begin at 6 :00 PM and conclude no later than 7:30 PM\, at which time there will be a vote on the topic via on-line survey.</p>\n<p>Light snacks &amp\; beverage s will be provided.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR