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Microchips power artificial intelligence that already manages much of modern life but might become so powerful that our machines become a competitive species or, perhaps, our salvation. Chips already have more transistors than we have neurons. They can network over the Internet, accessing all the data, misinformation, facts, and implicit biases accumulated by humankind. Deep fakes produce events that could never happen but look and sound real. Neural networks connecting over the Internet will have such blinding speed and complexity that they might even become conscious and thus autonomous. Dare we create such powerful artificial general intelligence when we understand so little of human intelligence? Can we put in place protections against the Singularity, a network that could arise from anywhere, anytime, deciding that it knows best how to save the planet and protect its future? Or could the Singularity be our progeny, preserving the best of human culture and eliminating the worst? Putting off procrastination is not a good strategy for dealing with essential, exponential, existential technology.  "He was a master of knowledge and. Great teacher - please have him again !!!!" - OLLI Patron This lecture takes place 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm.