[spectre] AISB SYMPOSIUM ON THE TURING TEST

[Mark Bishop]

AISB SYMPOSIUM ON THE TURING TEST

- Sunday, 12th October 2008

- http://www.aisb.org.uk/events/turingevent.shtml

Palmer Building, University of Reading, UK, Berkshire.

Speakers:: Baroness Susan Greenfield; Prof. Selmer Bringsjord; Dr.  
Michael Wheeler; Dr. Andrew Hodges; Prof. Luciano Floridi; Prof.  
Margaret Boden (OBE) and Prof. Owen Holland.



To coincide with the 2008 Loebner prize to be held at the University  
of Reading on the 12th October, the AISB has elected to sponsor a one  
day invited-speaker symposium to present an alternative, formal,  
academic critique of issues around the Turing Test.

The day will commence with talks from three eminent speakers offering  
a personal context to - and outlining their perspective on - the  
Turing Test. These presentations are to be followed in the afternoon  
session by four specialist speakers addressing specific issues related  
to the Turing Test (e.g. definitional; adequacy; tests in other  
modalities; technical/computational issues). The day will end with a  
short round-table discussion of some of the issues raised during the  
day.

Regarding the prospect of a machine passing the Turing Test, Kevin  
Warwick (Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading) has  
recently stated that, "I believe machines are getting extremely close  
- it would be tremendously exciting if such a world first occurred in  
the UK, in Reading University in 2008. This is a real possibility".


To reserve a place please send a cheque made payable to AISB for £25  
(public); £20 (AISB); £10 (student/OAP): £10 to Dr. Mark Bishop,  
Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, New Cross, London. SE14 6NW.  
email: m.bishop at gold.ac.uk

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Dr. J.M. Bishop,
- Reader in Computing,
Goldsmiths, University of London,
London, UK,
SE14 6NW

http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/computing/staff.php?id=MB

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