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Is There Danger Ahead With AI: Superintelligence, Ethics, Work, Leisure and Automation
Professor Wilks will discuss the argument that 'superintelligent' AI may turn against us, as Hawking and Bostrom have warned. It will be ar…
6 years, 11 months ago
Digital Listening: The Future of Music in the Age of Digital Fragmentation
It's a tough time to be a listener. Our present-day cultures of listening are radically fragmented, as our time and attention are fractalised in…
6 years, 11 months ago
Jesus, Hitler and the Abolition of God
This series has argued that the origins of modern secularism lie in the age of the Renaissance. This last lecture will track that legacy down to the …
6 years, 11 months ago
Gresham's Exchange
'Go to the Exchange, crave gold as you intend.'' (William Haughton, Englishmen for My Money, 1598). Sir Thomas Gresham's first gr…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Unacclaimed Accompanist
There is far more to piano accompaniment than meets the ear or eye. Vocal celebrities are reliant on an accompanist's skills in indisputably gre…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Child and Medical Treatment: The Chance to Live, or to Die with Dignity?
What happens when doctors and parents cannot agree on whether a child should be given experimental medical treatment? Why is there any question mark …
7 years ago
Leonardo's Salvator Mundi: Scholarship, Science and Skulduggery
The newly discovered Salvator by Leonardo, the world's most costly picture, is one of his most notable creations, in which he used his 'sci…
7 years ago
The Intertwined Impacts of Pollution and Inequality on Health
Pollution is a much more complex problem than many realise and cannot be resolved solely through global and regional agreements. Pollution is closely…
7 years ago
500 Years of Mathematics: Are We Living in a New Golden Age?
Much has happened in the 500 years since the birth of Thomas Gresham, and mathematics is no exception. Most mathematicians were then in awe of the Gr…
7 years ago
The Meaning, Value and Sanctity of Human Life
Recent advances in medical science have brought complex ethical dilemmas, particularly around the beginning of human lives (abortion, embryo research…
7 years ago