The Cambridge-Oxford Alumni Club of Hungary, together with the Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance, Oxbridge Society Hamburg and the Oxford & Cambridge Alumni Society Czech Republic, is delighted to host a talk by Prof. Marcus du Sautoy FRS, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.
As a species, we have an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand and transform what it means to be human. Will a machine ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference? Based on his book The Creativity Code, Marcus du Sautoy explores the new developments in AI that are shaking up the status quo and asks how long it might be before machines come up with something creative, and whether they might jolt us into being more imaginative in turn.
Prof. du Sautoy's talk will be followed by questions from the audience. Furthermore, as the event is hosted by various Oxbridge Alumni Clubs in Central Europe as well as the Hertie School, it will be a great opportunity to take advantage of COVID and to be able to connect up cross-borders.
Join us for an exciting talk ahead!
Prof. Marcus du Sautoy is a famous mathematician, and currently the holder of (the Hungarian Simonyi Károly-sponsored) Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding in Science. He is well-known for his science communication, and wrote many books on mathematics and machine learning, and is a regular guest on TV and radio. In 2009, he was awarded the Royal Society’s Faraday Prize, the UK’s premier award for excellence in communicating science. He received an OBE for services to science in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List.
