CREATIVITY: the mind, machines, and mathematics–David Gelernter vs. Ray Kurzweil

November 29, 2006 | Source: KurzweilAI

Are we limited to building super-intelligent robotic “zombies” or will it be possible and desirable for us to build conscious, creative, volitional, perhaps even “spiritual” machines?

That’s the topic of a debate between Yale professor of computer science David Gelernter and Ray Kurzweil and moderated by Rodney Brooks in a special MIT event, Creativity: the mind, machines, and mathematics, on Thursday, November 30 at 4:30-5:30pm EDT.

The event is sponsored by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and is part of a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Alan Turing’s seminal paper, “On Computable Numbers.”

A webcast (RealPlayer 8 or later required–help here) will be available.