INTELLIGENCE EXPLOSION - WITH SKYPE INVENTOR JAAN TALLINN

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  • LIBRARY LONDON

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  • Wed, 5th Jul 2017 @ 18:00 - 22:00
  • 18:00 - 22:00

Virtual Futures presents Jaan Tallinn (Founding Engineer of Skype & Kazaa) for an intimate disucssion on artificial intelligence, existential risk and the intelligence explosion.

 

As a keen promoter of the study of existential risk Tallinn co-founded the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk- a research centre at the University of Cambridge investigating the risks and opportunities of future technologies. In 2014 he co-founded Future of Life Institute that works to mitigate existential risks facing humanity, particularly existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence.

 

He is a partner in a seed-stage venture firm called Ambient Sound Investments and co-founder and chairman of MetaMed Research – a startup intent on revolutionising healthcare.

 

In coversation with Luke Robert Mason (Director, Virtual Futures).

 

Schedule


06:30pm - 07:00pm: Registration & Drinks
07:00pm - 08:00pm: Fireside chat with Jaan Tallinn
08:00pm - 08:30pm: Audience Q&A
8:30pm - Late: Drinks & Networking

Members free please RSVP

Non-members please request a day-pass

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Day Pass 18:00 - 22:00 £20.00

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LIBRARY LONDON, 112, St. Martin's Lane, LONDON, WC2N 4BD

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Covent Garden (Tube)

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