Speaker
Harrison Prosper
Description
Recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) have given us a
glimpse of a potentially thrilling, even civilization-changing, future.
From that optimistic viewpoint, after a brief historical introduction, I
survey some of the recent advances in AI. Then, I speculate about what the
impact of these advances might be on the nature of research in particle
physics over the next few decades. I end by acknowledging the fact that
every technology, however benign it may at first appear, can be used for
good or for ill. It is, therefore, appropriate to sound a cautionary note,
not so much to be a doomsayer, which I'm not, but rather to remind you that
the future remains yours to make.
