Science
The Mathematics of Intelligence, Natural and Artificial, with Dr. Joshua B. Tenenbaum
National Museum of Mathematics 11 E 26th St, New York, NY, United StatesArtificial intelligence has brought us many useful technologies, but true machine intelligence remains elusive. Nothing besides the human mind has the flexible, general-purpose common sense that we use from very early in development. How can we capture human intelligence in engineering terms, and what are the prospects for someday building machines that are as smart […]
Herbal Medicine 101 at Kamwo, NYC’s Oldest Chinese Herbal Dispensary
Kamwo Meridian Herbs 211 Grand Street, New York, NY, United StatesWhile you've probably walked by herbal drug stores or tea shops countless times, how much do you really know about the 2,000-year-old practice of traditional Chinese medicine? Step inside one of the country's most respected herbal dispensaries, located in the heart of New York's Chinatown, to get the real scoop behind what herbology is all about. Join New […]
A Brief History of Time Travel: Screening and Live Event at MOMI
Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) 36-01 35 Ave, Queens, NY, United StatesWith director Gisella Bustillos and theoretical physicist Dr. Ronald Mallet in person Dir. Gisela Bustillos. United States. 2018, 68 mins. Digital projection. Time travel is one of the most contagious ideas in science fiction. In a society where time is a unit of value and instant gratification is prized, the idea of traveling through time […]
AI Against Humanity
Easy Lover 790 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesAI (Artificial Intelligence) went quickly from the savior of humankind to feared and hated. The truth, as always, is somewhere in the middle. Whether you are writing software as your day job, or just reading the newspaper headlines about AI-pocalypse, join us on the journey to understand what AI is and how it can help […]
Designing Babies: How Technology Is Changing the Ways We Create Children
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesABOUT THE BOOK Since the first "test tube baby" was born over 40 years ago, In Vitro Fertilization and other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) have advanced in extraordinary ways, producing millions of babies. The possibilities of this rapidly developing technology are astounding--especially in the United States. As these possibilities are increasingly realized, physicians in many specialties, from […]