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Government Accountability: Transparency and Privacy
Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesPart of NYC's Open Data Week 2020: How does New York City government encourage transparency and protect New Yorkers’ privacy? The City leverages large amounts of information to offer its services, and New York State's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and New York City's Open Data Law require the City to make certain information and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pi Day 2020 at MoMath
National Museum of Mathematics 11 E 26th St, New York, NY, United StatesDon’t miss MoMath’s exciting celebration of Pi Day this year…visit during the day and enjoy some pi-themed events, including Rhythmic Rotations, MoMath’s signature giant hula-hooping contest in honor of pi. MoMath’s Pi Day 2020 events coincide with the first-ever UNESCO International Day of Mathematics — join the worldwide celebration! Participation in these daytime activities is free with Museum […]