Max Tegmark – Life 3.0
31 Oct 2017
Hear MIT professor and co-founder of the Future of Life Institute Max Tegmark discuss AI and its potential to revolutionise our collective future.
What was once science fiction is fast becoming reality, as AI transforms war, crime, justice, jobs, society and – even our very sense of what it means to be human.
In his deeply researched and vitally important new book, Life 3.0, Tegmark explores the essential questions of our time and guides us through the most controversial issues around AI today – from consciousness to super-intelligence and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos.
How can we grow our prosperity through automation, without leaving people lacking income or purpose? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons?
Will AI help life flourish as never before, or will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, and even, perhaps, replace us altogether?
'This is the most important conversation of our time, and Tegmark's thought-provoking book will help you join it' Stephen Hawking.
Tickets are free for members and £3 for non-members.
All proceeds from our cultural programme go to the Kibera Hamlets School in Nairobi, where Second Home has funded the construction of a new school building designed by our architects Selgas Cano.
