Coming up, tomorrow night ross park will read from his new novel, who are you, thomas bledsoe. Stephen kinzer will present a history of the cia. We also have some other events next weekend tickets are available for mondays conversation and another talk on wednesday. Tonight we welcome gary marcus, author of rebooting ai building Artificial Intelligence we can trust which argues a computer being a human in jeopardy does not signal we are on the doorstep of solely Autonomous Cars or super intelligent machines. Taking inspiration from the human mind, the book explains if we need to advance Artificial Intelligence to the next level, suggests that if we are wise along the way we will not need to worry about a future of machine overlords. Finally a book that tells us what ai is, what it is not and what a i could become if only we are ambitious and creative enough. A deeply informed account. Gary marcus is founder and ceo of robert robots. A ing metric intelligence and published in journals i
[applause] the National Book awards are a huge part of that mission, and it is a thrill to be here with everyone tonight recognizing exceptional literature and increasing the visibility of books which are among the most powerful weapons we have against what has lately felt like an often hostile world. I think this past year has felt overwhelming and disheartening to many people. Its also felt exhausting for women, for people of color, for immigrants, for muslims, for the lgbtq community, for so many groups. To remain on the defensive in nearly every waking hour takes its toll. For some of us, books provide a welcome escape into someone elses world. For others they serve as a valuable resource for arming ourselves with indispensabling knowledge of history. But all books offer something we need so desperately right now; broadened perspective. Books allow us to view circumstances through the eyes of someone else. They cultivate empathy. They inspire action. They make us feel less alone an
Jonathan schneer is a professor of modern british history at Georgia Tech School of History Technology and society where he has taught modern european and british history since 1989. Hes the author of several major works including the thames and wind river london 1900 the imperial megalopolis, metropolis and the Balfour Declaration origins of the arabisraeli conflict. The last of which won the 2010 National Jewish book award. Dr. Schneers writings can be seen in journals and periodicals. His extensive editorial experience includes work as a board member of the 20th century british history. Dr. Schneers book ministers at war spotlights minister churchvilles divisive cabinet cabinet. The work illustrates how churchills own team of rivals made up of tories and Labour Party Members proved instrumental in combating nazi germanys dance to the weird british isles. Please join me in welcoming jonathan schneer. [applause] good evening. And thank you everybody for coming on a spring night and th
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