Minds, Machines & Society

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Curious about how new innovations in technology and cognitive science are reshaping our world? This free event features fascinating talks from thought leaders on topics including natural and artificial intelligence, the science behind how fake news impacts decision making, and how collaborations with machines can spark human creativity. The talks will be followed by a panel discussion about how technology and cognition are changing our society.

press release: The event 'Minds, Machines & Society' is a public event on UW–Madison campus at the Discovery Building on 330 N Orchard St on July 28th from 7:30-9:30 pm. The speakers are world renowned thought-leaders in cognitive science, artificial intelligence and human creativity. Matt Botvinick works at Google DeepMind in London and will be discussing natural and artificial intelligence. Ulrike Hahn, a german cognitive scientist will be discussing the cognitive science of fake news and how it can effect our decision making specifically in voting. Bob Mankoff, a long time editor at The New Yorker and now Esquire, will discuss how machine and human collaboration generates creativity.