<div dir="ltr"><div>There was a very funny question at around 1:16:00, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/XKEnHDQsJBI?feature=share&t=4566">https://www.youtube.com/live/XKEnHDQsJBI?feature=share&t=4566</a> . It was something along the lines of "How do we get people to give up their free will and stop resisting AIs leadership?" . Was this guy being sarcastic? Was it somebody from this group who asked it?</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">_ Cody Smith _<div><a href="mailto:cody@simtable.com" target="_blank">cody@simtable.com</a></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 6:17 AM Eric Renz-Whitmore <<a href="mailto:ewhitmore@gmail.com">ewhitmore@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Great session last night - it was fun being in the crowd at the Lensic.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 11:33 AM Angel Edward <<a href="mailto:edward.angel@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.angel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><br></div><div>________________</div><div><br><div><h4 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;line-height:36px;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><strong>Listen up</strong></h4><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">Will artificial intelligence ultimately be oppressive or innovative? According to <a href="https://sfreporter.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1e05a646494f869efd43620ea&id=be3c41f2f4&e=d4239a2b58" style="color:rgb(219,58,66);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Chat GPT</a>, to which we posed the question, it "depends on how it is designed, implemented and regulated, and the specific context in which it is used." Perhaps the real-live scientists working on the issue will prevaricate less when they delve in at 7:30 pm tonight at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for the <a href="https://sfreporter.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1e05a646494f869efd43620ea&id=e095bbd439&e=d4239a2b58" style="color:rgb(219,58,66);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">free 2023 Santa Fe Institute Community Lecture Series</a>, featuring Arizona State University Professor of Computer Science <a href="https://sfreporter.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1e05a646494f869efd43620ea&id=3187f5934f&e=d4239a2b58" style="color:rgb(219,58,66);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Stephanie Forrest</a>; University of New Mexico Department of Computer Science Professor <a href="https://sfreporter.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1e05a646494f869efd43620ea&id=407b096932&e=d4239a2b58" style="color:rgb(219,58,66);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Melanie Moses</a>; and Santa Fe Institute Professor Cris Moore. All three will discuss their work<strong> </strong>on AI and algorithms in health, housing, criminal justice, cybersecurity and energy, along with their thoughts on where new tools like ChatGPT are heading. <a href="https://sfreporter.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1e05a646494f869efd43620ea&id=50d246c8c5&e=d4239a2b58" style="color:rgb(219,58,66);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Reserve free tickets</a> but, if you can't attend in person, SFI will stream the lecture live on its <a href="https://sfreporter.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1e05a646494f869efd43620ea&id=6c03f539c4&e=d4239a2b58" style="color:rgb(219,58,66);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> (where it also will be recorded for future viewing).</p><div>
<div>__________<br><br>Ed Angel<br><br>Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)<br>Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico<br><br>1017 Sierra Pinon<br>Santa Fe, NM 87501<br>505-984-0136 (home)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">                </span> <span style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span><a href="mailto:edward.angel@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.angel@gmail.com</a><br>505-453-4944 (cell) <span style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">                        </span><a href="http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel" target="_blank">http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel</a><br></div>
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