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  • Sun
    17
    Feb
    2019

    Sunday Assembly Reading – Artificial Intelligence

    10:45 - 12:30Reading Irish Centre

    96-104 Chatham Street, Reading RG1 7HT

    You are smart, in fact, your human intelligence is most probably the most amazing thing in the Universe. But for how much longer will that be true? Many futurists and sci-fi writers made the mistake of imagining Artificial Intelligence in the guise of violent human-like robots when, in reality, the subtlety of AI in our everyday lives is far from obvious. In fact, the chance of you not interacting with an AI this very day is low.

    This month we are joined by SAR regular Peter Vermaat of the Transport Research Laboratory, who will explain not only the difficulties of replacing you behind the wheel but also why we should try.

    Also this month we have a Bring And Buy sell in aid of Reading’s homeless charity Launchpad. See http://bit.ly/bringandbuy for details on what you can do at the Assembly to support this valuable organisation.

    This month we are singing Elvis’s Suspicious Minds, Tracey Chapman’s Fast Car, The Monkey’s Daydream Believer and Oasis’s She’s Electric.

    Sunday Assembly Reading is free to attend and runs entirely on donations. The Assembly is a secular congregation that celebrates life, meeting once a month at The Reading Irish Centre and welcomes all ages and all backgrounds.