Talk & Discussion

AI Through the Looking Glass

23 May 2019

 / 5:30pm to 7:00pm
 / Free
Lisboa
1st Floor - Time Out Market Lisboa
Mercado da Ribeira
Avenida 24 de Julho 1200-479 Lisboa
Portugal
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Hear Professor of Computer Science, Dame Wendy Hall discuss why we need to take a socio-technical approach to the evolution of AI, to ensure that we all reap the benefits and protect ourselves from applications that might be harmful to society – as part of our events programme in partnership with the British Embassy in Lisbon.

Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, FRS, FREng is Regius Professor of Computer Science, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Engagement) and is an Executive Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton.

She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2009 UK New Year's Honours list, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Dame Wendy was co-Chair of the UK government’s AI Review, which was published in October 2017, and is the first Skills Champion for AI in the UK.

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