Rage Inside the Machine

with Robert Elliott Smith / chaired by Natasha Cica

Our world today is as governed by technology as it is by laws and regulations. One of the world’s leading experts on AI and evolutionary algorithms, Robert Elliott Smith believes we have been dangerously seduced into believing that technology is neutral and it is only its human users that distort and discriminate. In his lucid, insightful and highly readable Rage Inside the Machine, Robert demonstrates how non-scientific ideas have been encoded deep within our technological infrastructure and the pernicious impact this can have on our lives.

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Robert Elliott Smith is the author of Rage Inside the Machine: The Prejudice of Algorithms, and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All. He has worked in artificial intelligence for 30 years, helping create software systems that learn fighter jet manoeuvres, describe immune systems, reveal emotion in financial markets, and suggest how social networks propagate political polarisation. He is the CTO of BOXARR Ltd. and a faculty member at University College London.

Dr Natasha Cica is the founding Director of Kapacity.org.

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Thu 05 Mar, 10:45am

WHERE

Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
East Stage

DURATION

1 hr

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For the podcast of this session click here.

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Wheelchair accessible

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