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20/20 Visions of the Future:
Anticipating the year 2020

An International Symposium

The Made and the Born: Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life
Saturday, March 4
Cabot Auditorium, 10:30am

Daniel C. Dennett
Director, Center for Cognitive Studies and University Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, Tufts University; Author, Consciousness Explained, Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Cynthia Ferrell
COG Researcher, Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT

David H. Freedman
Author, Brainmakers: How Scientists are Moving Beyond Computers To Create a Rival to the Human Brain, Editor, Inc. Technology

Marvin Minsky
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT; Co-founder, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT; Author, The Society of Mind

Hans Moravec
Director, Mobile Robot Lab, Carnegie Mellon University; Author, Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence

Moderator: Mitch Rosenbaum, EPIIC Colloquium

Saturday

Genethics: The Implications of Genetic Research and Engineering

The Made and the Born: Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life

Net Sentience: An On-Line digital Dialogue

Global Population Dilemmas

Ecological Interdependences: Environmental Issues and Trends for the Future

Integration or Disintegration? The Transformation of the International System

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