Student Events
The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership hosts many events that are available only to current Arizona State University students. These might include intimate lunch-and-learn-type events with our lecture series speakers, and lectures with visiting scholars or public figures visiting the school.
SCETL Student Lunch: "Birth, Death and Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from 'A.I.' and 'R.U.R.'' with Charles Rubin
Researchers and engineers today have many reasons to develop robots and artificial intelligences that can meet or exceed human capacities. While mostly aiming to replace human effort and labor, these creations also raise a question as old as the Industrial Revolution: what will be left for human beings to do? Drawing on insights from Carl Čapek’s 1920 play R.U.R., which gave us the word “robot,” and Steven Spielberg’s 2001 movie “AI: Artificial Intelligence,” Rubin will examine whether the production of these new systems may strike at the biological reproduction of humanity.
Join SCETL and Professor Charles Rubin for a conversation by registering below. Chick-fil-A will be served for lunch.
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Coor Conference Room 6631, Lattie F. Coor Hall, 976 S. Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281