Dear all The first CamPoS seminar of Lent term will be given next week by Marta Halina <https://www.martahalina.com/ <https://www.martahalina.com/>>, University Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College. Details as follows:
Time: Wednesday 29 January, 1-2:30pm Place: Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science (Free School Lane, CB2 3RH) Title: Creativity and AI Abstract: In March 2016, DeepMind’s computer program AlphaGo surprised the world by defeating the world-champion Go player, Lee Sedol. AlphaGo has a novel, surprising and valuable style of play, and has been recognized as “creative” by the AI and Go communities. This paper examines whether AlphaGo engages in creative problem solving according to the standards of comparative psychology. I conclude that although AlphaGo lacks one important aspect of creative problem solving found in animals (domain generality) it exhibits a different capacity for creativity: namely, the ability to transform a conceptual space through something akin to instrumental conditioning. This analysis has consequences for how we think about creativity in humans and AI. The following CamPoS seminars will run during Lent Term: Feb 5 - Jonathan Birch (LSE): ‘The Search for Invertebrate Consciousness’ Feb 12 - Bryan W Roberts (LSE): 'The good news about killing people’ Feb 26 - Adrian Currie (Exeter): 'Epistemic Engagement, Aesthetic Value & Scientific Practice’ Mar 4 - Petri Ylikoski (Helsinki): 'Learning from sociological case studies’ A complete termcard will follow. You can also follow us at https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci <https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci> The HPS department can provide assisted step-free access to Seminar Room 2 by arrangement via the back door to the Whipple Museum (which has a lift that can take a person to all levels) and also the Library (which also has assisted lift access to all levels). For further details please contact the HPS Reception <[email protected]>, or consult the university's Building Access Guide <https://www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk/building-access-guide>. All are welcome. All the best Matt Matt Farr • Teaching & Research Associate in Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge • Department of History & Philosophy of Science Free School Lane | Cambridge | CB2 3RH w mattfarr.co.uk <http://www.mattfarr.co.uk/> | e [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | t 01223334559 _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/pipermail/phil-events/ Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
