Imagining AI: A view from the archives
This one-day workshop hosted by the Bodleian Library considers modern artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a long narrative of the boundaries between human and machine.

A panel discussion from 4 to 5:30 pm, chaired by Professor Rob Iliffe, will explore how the history and philosophy of AI and computing can enrich contemporary conversations about the use of these transformative technologies.

The workshop accompanies a display at the Weston Library of items from Oxford’s collections, including manuscripts of Ada Lovelace, Mary Shelley and Christopher Strachey, and a nineteenth-century “reasoning piano”.

Reception to follow in Blackwell Hall, Weston Library.
Date: 9 September 2022, 9:30 (Friday, 20th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, Weston Library & online
Speakers: Speaker to be announced
Organising department: Mathematical Institute
Organiser: Centre for the Study of the Book
Organiser contact email address: bookcentre@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep22/imagining-ai-a-view-from-the-archive
Booking email: bookcentre@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Lucy Bayley