The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Mike Wooldridge: The Truth About AI
In the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, Mike Wooldridge will tackle the most important and rapidly evolving field of science today – Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Not since the World-Wide Web emerged 30 years ago has a new technology promised to change our world so fundamentally and so swiftly as AI does. Today’s AI tools such as ChatGPT and AlphaGo are just a hint of what is to come. The future of AI is going to be quite a journey, and the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES to be broadcast on BBC Four and iPlayer in late December, will give us a guided tour.
Not since the World-Wide Web emerged 30 years ago has a new technology promised to change our world so fundamentally and so swiftly as AI does. Today’s AI tools such as ChatGPT and AlphaGo are just a hint of what is to come. The future of AI is going to be quite a journey, and the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES to be broadcast on BBC Four and iPlayer in late December, will give us a guided tour.
Where to Watch The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures • Mike Wooldridge: The Truth About AI
3 Episodes
- How to Build an Intelligent Machine
E1How to Build an Intelligent MachineMike Wooldridge examines artificial intelligence, one of the most important and rapidly evolving fields of science in the world today, tackling the big questions facing AI research and unravels the myths about how this groundbreaking technology really works. In this lecture, Mike will examine real-life neurons in action, and explain how artificial neural networks are inspired by neural structures in the brain. To demonstrate how AI learns, he'll watch drones as they are trained to recognise and fly through structures in the lecture theatre autonomously. - My AI Life
E2My AI LifeMike Wooldridge investigates how the games such as chess and Go have become a training ground for AI - helping to bring about key advances that can now be seen in the field. With the help of artist Eric Drass (aka shardcore), the audience will create a collaborative artwork, and discover how image generation works. Mike will explore the thorny question of who the creator is - the AI itself, the human who set it to work, or the creators of the art that AI has learned from? - The Future of AI: Dream or a Nightmare?
E3The Future of AI: Dream or a Nightmare?Mike takes a ride in a driverless car, exploring how the car 'sees' and perceives the world - and how with the help of AI, it gets better the more it drives. This lecture asks how the audience feel about kicking an AI robot dog, and will address the big question of AI - can it ever truly be like us, or are humans unique?