“Robot-Proof: higher education in the age of artificial intelligence” with Prof Joseph Aoun

When:
January 17, 2018 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
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2018-01-17T18:15:00+00:00
Where:
Oxford Martin School
Old Indian Institute Building
34 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3BD
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Oxford Martin School

Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence; robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyse stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces and advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labour. Now, many high-skilled functions, including interpreting medical images, doing legal research, and analysing data, are within the skill sets of machines. How can higher education prepare students for their professional lives when professions themselves are disappearing?

Join Northeastern University’s President Joseph Aoun in conversation as he discusses new ways to educate the next generation of university students to invent, to create, and to discover – to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot.

There will be a drinks reception and book signing following the talk, all welcome