In his new novel, Machines Like Me <https://smile.amazon.com/Machines-Like-Me-Ian-McEwan/dp/0385545118/ref=sr_1_1>, Ian McEwan uses science fiction and counter-factual history to speculate about the coming of artificial intelligence and its effect on human relations. The opening page introduces a pivotal character, "Sir Alan Turing, war hero and presiding genius of the digital age.”
The evening with McEwan will be largely conversation with me, based on written questions from the audience, along with some readings from the new book. [NOTE: The event is at a different and larger venue, the Sydney Goldstein Theater, just a block from our usual SFJazz. Thus seating starts at 6:30pm.] "Machines Like Me" Ian McEwan, Sydney Goldstein Theater, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 6:30pm, Saturday May 4. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. To be sure of a seat: • Long Now Members <https://longnow.org/membership/> can use the discount code on the McEwan Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/may/04/machines-like-me/>. • You can purchase tickets for $25 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/may/04/machines-like-me/>. • Seminar at Sydney Goldstein Theater <https://www.cityarts.net/sydney-goldstein-theater/> 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for just $8 a month. Share this talk: Ian McEwan, "Machines Like Me" Long Now talk on 5/4 https://bit.ly/2I9dJDb <https://bit.ly/2I9dJDb> Talks coming up: June 4 - David Byrne, Good News & Sleeping Beauties <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/jun/04/good-news-sleeping-beauties/> June 24 - Mariana Mazzucato, Rethinking Value <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/jun/24/rethinking-value/> July 22 - Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/jul/22/timefulness/> High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>. This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audio and my summaries of most previous talks are available for download here <http://longnow.org/seminars/> (or stay up to date with the podcast here <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/>). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> (RSS <http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnow>). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1 <tel:415-561-6582%20x1> or danie...@longnow.org <mailto:danie...@longnow.org>. You are welcome to forward this notice to anyone you think might be interested. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org ----- The Long Now Foundation -- http://longnow.org/ <http://longnow.org/> Seminars & downloads -- http://longnow.org/seminars/ <http://longnow.org/seminars/> Interval Events -- http://theinterval.org/events/ <http://theinterval.org/events/> •Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> - up to the minute info on tickets and events •Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> - daily updates on events and ideas •Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/longnow> - stay in touch through our fan page
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