Glimpses Into Artificial Intelligence

Cost: $40

Dates

• Tues. & Thurs., Oct. 28 & 30, 4-5:30 p.m.

Location: In person: On campus

With Ross Beveridge, Computer Scientist

This course offers a glimpse into Artificial Intelligence (AI). The first class meeting will be a lecture and discussion that will cover how AI has come to be, what it tells us about human thought, how it amplifies human intellect, and offer some thoughts on living with AI. The story of AI will include a handful of key concepts helpful in wrapping one’s brain around what is going on inside these systems. A major theme is understanding how AI is just another step -- albeit a huge step -- in a timeless human endeavor to reshape and expand what it means to be intelligent. The second class meeting will be held in a computer lab, where everyone will get a hands-on, guided experience of what modern systems are capable of doing -- which will hopefully make tangible some of the wonder and the limits of modern AI.

Class #: 44064

Registration is now open for OLLI members. Non-members may register starting Sept. 3.

Ross Beveridge

Ross Beveridge is a Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University. He started research in the field of Artificial Intelligence in 1984 and has enjoyed a front row seat for more than half the life of the field. His areas of expertise include computer vision, giving computers the ability to see, and human computer interaction involving sight, gesture and speech. Along the way he has also explored ways of evaluating AI systems, for example when recognizing faces, does a system favor one race over another. He has also explored how modern learning in AI may be understood in terms of high dimensional geometry. He retired in 2022 and has recently moved to Humboldt County.