Emergence, building ant hills and artificial intelligence – Waldemar Ingdahl

When:
November 14, 2013 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
2013-11-14T20:00:00+00:00
2013-11-14T21:30:00+00:00
Where:
Daubney Laboratory, Magdalen College
Magdalen College
University of Oxford, High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
UK
Cost:
Free

In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. What is the concept of emergence? How can systems and concept be built from simple patterns and action? How can emergence build both ant hills and AI? What could be the impact of developing emergent systems?