The Challenge and Promise of Artificial Intelligence, a Bay Area Science Festival Wonder Dialog

[Recorded: November 5, 2011]
Join leading researchers Dr. Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research and Dr. Peter Norvig of Google for an intriguing discussion about the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, moderated by KQED's Tim Olson. We are extremely fortunate to have Eric and Peter on our stage -- they've known each other for several years, and can discuss everything from machine learning to data-driven science, the world of perception, speech recognition, robotics, self-driving cars, and even a computer called Watson. A Wonder Dialog indeed!

We are proud to partner with the Bay Area Science Festival on this Wonder Dialog. This event is also part of the Museum's Revolutionaries 2011 lecture series, featuring conversations with some of the most distinguished thinkers in the technology industry.

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[astroboomboy]

The algorithms used today seem to me to be too complex. They do not result in universal systems. I think the underlying rules of intelligence is quite simple, but those rules result in highly complex behavior.

[MyxierD]

Our Life already depends on artificial intelligence!!!

[jeffmunro]

@peppeddu I'm guessing you didn't watch the whole thing then.

[scathenc1]

This talk just sounded like bunch of excuses, and a can't do teach mentality about AI. I just want to clarify for you all, the AI we have around today is NARROW AI. We have no real AI yet.

[peppeddu]

How come that Microsoft and Google are talking about AI and Apple is putting it into the hands of millions of people without making any panel discussion about it.

[voltagedrop]

It is interesting that this video is more popular in China than it is in the United States.

[MrNightLifeLover]

"I know how to duplicate a human."

[fcycles]

AI is a lot's about developing algorithm that once you write them down, seem obvious. But, before you got them in place and see the results, you just think.. perhaps I should try to program something more simple.

[EgaoNoGenki]

WOW! This new YT interface remembers WHERE ON THE VIDEO I left off when the tab crashed! When I reloaded said tab, it restarted on 14:17!

How does YT do this now???

[LKRaider]

Not only that, it is part of the endeavour to understand ourselves, as Horvitz quickly pointed out, consciousness may be explained computationally in the next decades.