Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life facilitated a conversation featuring Lydia Chilton of Columbia University,  Philip Butler of the Iliff School of Theology, and Timothy Beal of Case Western Reserve University on the ever evolving role of AI in daily life as it compares to “monsters.”

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

On September 12th, Staff Writer Emily Yi and Guest Writers Sylvia Chen and Spencer Davis attended a talk by The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. The event, featuring Dr. Zenna Tavares and Dr. Kim Stachenfeld, centered on the question of whether AI can learn like humans. 

Columbia affiliates and professors met with a representative from OpenAI on Friday to offer perspectives and discuss the future of artificial intelligence.

Celebrate this Cyber Monday by reading about the ways in which countries censor their citizens!

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

Senior Staff Writer Charlotte Slovin attends Columbia Science Review’s event “ARTificial Intelligence: When Machines Create” and learns about creative computers.

Yesterday, new Bwoggers Solomia Dzhaman and Chloe Gong attended a lecture given by Dr. Ronald Baecker (UToronto) concerning the responsibilities of artificial intelligence, and the issues at stake. 

“Hey! What’s up, Chuck? Eh, maybe you don’t want to know… it’s not pretty!” “Hey, nice suit! 100% polyester?” Part of Siemens Science Day at Columbia University.

While researching a linguistics paper on Artificial Intelligence, Bwog Correspondent Sara Maria Hasbun came across the websites for the winners of the Loebner Competition, a contest in which judges converse blindly with both humans and computer programs—the prize goes to the machine that bests simulates intelligent conversation. For her paper, Sara decided to try out […]