Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence
Lecture III: Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, February 6th, 2:00-3:30pm
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Professor Stuart Russell will briefly survey recent and expected developments in AI and their implications. Some are enormously positive, while others, such as the development of autonomous weapons and the replacement of humans in economic roles, may be negative. Beyond these, one must expect that AI capabilities will eventually exceed those of humans across a range of real-world-decision making scenarios. Should this be a cause for concern, as Alan Turing, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and others have suggested? And, if so, what can we do about it?
Perspectives on the War in Ukraine
Lecture I: War Economy in Ukraine
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2:00-3:30pm
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Presented by Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley.
Description forthcoming - stay tuned!
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Lecture II: Russia's War on Ukraine and the Crisis of Democracy in Eastern Europe
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2:00-3:30pm
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Presented by M. Steven Fish, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
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Lecture III: Europe's Two Land Empires
Wednesday, February 14th, 2:00-3:30pm
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Presented by John Connelly, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of European History, UC Berkeley
Description: This lecture compares the German and Russian imperial propensities to gather many lands that are not German or Russian.
The Carol D’Onofrio LIR Lecture in Public Health
Carol D’Onofrio was Chair of the UCB Retirement Center Board from 2009-2011 and served as a member at large from 2006-08. She served on the Learning in Retirement Committee for many years, chairing the committee in 2017-2019. Carol passed away on April 14, 2020. Updates on this lecture series will be posted soon.
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