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SUMMARY:Detmar Straub\, PhD\, Temple University
DESCRIPTION: \n\nCapabilities of AI and thinking/learning machines are clea
 rly\novertaking human abilities (aka “technological singularity” or\,\
 nmore plainly speaking\, “singularity”)\, with several forecasters\nli
 ke Winograd (2006) predicting that machine will outthink us within\nthe fi
 rst half of the 21st century. Is it possible that humans will\nnot be able
  to control the burgeoning intelligence of machines and\nthat we will\, fr
 ighteningly\, be subordinated to them\, especially as\nthey become self-aw
 are?\n\nThis talk starts by sketching out some past and present forecasts 
 of\nwhen technological singularity will be real and present\; what social\
 ,\neconomic\, and political issues will emerge\; what security issues will
 \nloom\; and finally\, how futurists (including science fiction writers\na
 nd the movies) have envisioned the role of human beings in the coming\nera
  of the thinking machine.\n\nWhile the future of humanity might be hanging
  in the balance\, one key\nacademic question arises. What should researche
 rs\, in particular\ninformation systems researchers\, study w/r/t AI? This
  overall issue\nhas been framed as IA versus AI\, or intelligence (human) 
 augmentation\n(IA) versus artificial (computer) intelligence (AI). Endurin
 g research\nquestions might include: (1) technical issues with achieving\n
 singularity and requirements such as designing a tamper-proof\n“kill” 
 switch for intelligent machines\; (2) behavioral questions\nsuch as the pa
 ce of change and problems with duplicating human\ncreativity\; (3) social-
 economic conundrums such what will people do in\nan era of omnipresent thi
 nking/working machines and worldwide societal\ndisruption\; and (4) organi
 zational matters such as will there be an\nIS/IT Dept. and\, if so\, what 
 will it do if machines are themselves\ndesigning and coding new systems?\n
  
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LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\,  722 \, Philadelphia\, 
 PA 19104
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