RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Professor Toby Walsh will present the Northern Branch monthly lecture for August with a focus on aspects of Artificial Intelligence at 1.30pm on Sunday 23 August at Horton Auditorium, Scotch Oakburn College, 85 Penquite Road. This event will be held in conjunction with National Science Week.
More details to come later.
AI is transforming our lives. What can it do? What will it do? What should we welcome or fear? It is clear that the next industrial revolution has started. However, there are many misconceptions and fears about where this will take us and if it will improve our lives. AI promises to help lift productivity, improve healthcare & education and tackle many other problems. But it also threatens many jobs, to transform warfare, and to increase inequality. Hear a frank assessment of the risks and the benefits from a leading expert in the area.
Professor Toby Walsh is an award-winning AI researcher, author of five books on the subject for the general public, sought-after speaker, and advocate for limits around AI to ensure it is used to improve our lives. He conducts speaking engagements throughout Australia and around the World (except in Russia, where he has been indefinitely banned).
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The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.