AI for Regular People
| Dates: | April 18 - May 23, 2024 |
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| Meets: | Th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM |
| Location: | Osher Online |
| Cost: | $75.00 |
Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2023-2024 OLLI at MSU Membership
Description
This program will not be recorded.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for decades but suddenly seems everywhere. Whether we like AI, fear it, or try to ignore it, our lives and livelihoods will be changed forever by intelligent chatbots, self-driving vehicles, surveillance drones, precision medicine, robotic art, and more. In six jargon-free class sessions, this course aims to help regular people understand modern AI. Experience with computers or programming is not required or expected.
Course sessions will cover the past and future of AI, why older forms of AI failed to deliver, and where modern AI and self-guided robots are headed. We will also discuss the human elements of AI throughout, including its impact on jobs and AI's potential to both help and harm us.
About the Osher Online Program
Experience shared online presentations with OLLI members from coast to coast! As part of the Osher Online program, OLLI at MSU members will enjoy national speakers and interact with fellow OLLI members nationwide.
Scholarships
| Fee: | $75.00 |
Osher Online
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.Hod Lipson And Melba Kurman
This course will be co-taught by Dr. Hod Lipson, Professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University, and author and technology analyst Melba Kurman. At Columbia, Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, where he and his students design and build artificially intelligent robots to make new robots, paint original art, and physically express human-like emotions. Hod is one of the world's most-cited academic roboticists, and the New York Times, Quanta, NPR, and TED have featured his playful, innovative approach to artificial intelligence. In the past, Melba worked at Microsoft, Cornell University, and various technology start-ups. Melba and Hod are frequently invited to speak about technology issues. They co-authored two popular technology books, Driverless and Fabricated: The Promise and Peril of 3D Printing.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 04/18/2024 | Thursday | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Osher Online |
| 04/25/2024 | Thursday | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Osher Online |
| 05/02/2024 | Thursday | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Osher Online |
| 05/09/2024 | Thursday | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Osher Online |
| 05/16/2024 | Thursday | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Osher Online |
| 05/23/2024 | Thursday | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Osher Online |