[Sci-tech-public] Fwd: [HASTS-fac] Bostom Talk, Harvard: 9/4/2014

[David Kaiser]

Hi, all,

A reminder about the upcoming talk by Nick Bostrom on this coming Thursday, 4 September. Please see details below --

best,
Dave

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Harvard College Effective Altruism presents:

Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies

with Nick Bostrom
Director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University

What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Professor Bostrom will explore these questions, laying the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. Q&A will follow the talk. Copies of Bostrom�s new book - Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies - will be available for purchase.

Thursday, September 4
8 pm
Emerson 105



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and Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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