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CS Distinguished Lecture: Oren Etzioni (Allen Institute for AI) - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
Tue, Mar 03, 2020 @ 04:00 PM - 05:20 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Oren Etzioni, Allen Institute for AI
Talk Title: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
Series: Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series
Abstract: Could we wake up one morning to find that AI is poised to take over the world? Is AI the technology of unfairness and bias?
My talk will assess these concerns, and sketch a more optimistic view.
We will have ample warning before the emergence of superintelligence, and in the meantime we have the opportunity to create
Beneficial AI:
• AI that mitigates bias rather than amplifying it
• AI that saves lives rather than taking them
• AI that helps us to solve humanity's thorniest problems
My talk builds on work at the Allen Institute for AI, a non-profit research institute based in Seattle.
This lecture satisfies requirements for CSCI 591: Research Colloquium.
Biography: Oren Etzioni launched the Allen Institute for AI, and has served as its CEO since 2014.
He has been a Professor at the University of Washington's Computer Science department since 1991, publishing papers that have garnered over 2,300 highly influential citations on Semantic Scholar.
He is also the founder of several startups including Farecast (acquired by Microsoft in 2008).
Host: Craig Knoblock and Xiang Ren
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Computer Science Department
