Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently headline news. But what is it? How has it developed? Should we see it as an opportunity, or a threat? This seminar takes a closer look at the history of AI, and it’s place in modern human society.
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Explore the Evolution and Impact of Artificial Intelligence: From Ancient Myths to Modern Challenges. This comprehensive article delves into the history of AI, its development through three distinct waves, and its ethical implications. Ideal for those interested in the intersections of technology, ethics, and human advancement.
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The roots of modern science reach backwards in time to before the great age of Greek and Hellenistic learning, and spread across Europe, Islamic empires, India and China. This article will review how the ideas of the Medieval and Renaissance periods nourished those roots.
This page contains links to resources used for Module 5 of the Shepway u3a course in Science, Philosophy and Spirituality
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The roots of modern science reach backwards in time to before the great age of Greek and Hellenistic learning, and spread across Europe, Islamic empires, India and China. This article will review how the ideas of the Medieval and Renaissance periods nourished those roots.
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A description of what motivated me to develop a 12-part course for u3a, covering our common reality, the shaping of the modern world, and issues facing the modern world.
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