Minds, Technologies and the Future of Human Intelligence
Speaker: Terry Dartnall, Griffith University.
When: 2006-06-19 18:30:00
Venue: Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts (420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley)
Host: Dr Jennifer Dodd
Abstract:Recent research in cognitive science strongly suggests that we are
cyborgs. Not that we will become cyborgs one day, but that we are
cyborgs already. We are cyborgs in the sense that we have augmented
and amplified our minds with cognitive technologies ‹ technologies
that make us characteristically and distinctively human and that set
us as apart as a species. We are so deeply enmeshed in these
technologies that removing them would be akin to brain damage. And
the process is speeding up.
TIME: 6:30pm to 7:30pm (doors open at 6:00pm); complimentary wine, soft
drinks, and nibblies follow
VENUE: Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts (420 Brunswick St,
Fortitude Valley; see www.jwcoca.qld.gov.au for a map; parking is
available on Berwick St next door)
This free talk is open to all and there is no need to book.
Biography:Terry Dartnall is a senior lecturer in the School of Information and
Communication Technology at Griffith University. His main research
is in Artificial Intelligence and cognitive science, as well as
human and machine creativity. He also writes fiction.
Type: BrisScience seminar
Contact:Dr Jennifer Dodd, seminar host (dodd.jen@gmail.com)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)