Playing games: Artificial intelligence subject of upcoming public lecture
Artificial intelligence is the subject of an upcoming public lecture on 91传媒鈥檚 St. John鈥檚 campus.
, dean, Faculty of Science for the University of Alberta, will give a 鈥済entle鈥 introduction to artificial intelligence, or AI, contrasting the abilities of humans and computers to solve problems. He will illustrate these differences using games.
High-profile applications
Dr. Schaeffer鈥檚 checkers-playing program, Chinook, was the first computer to win a human world championship in any game (1994).
鈥淎I technology is already changing the world, although most of the impact is invisible to the general population,鈥 said Dr. Schaeffer.
鈥淭hat will end very soon as high-profile applications of AI will profoundly alter the way we live, work and play 鈥 such as driverless cars.鈥
His lecture, titled The Games Computers (and Humans) Play, takes place Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, room IIC-2001.
A reception will follow; limited free parking is available in lot 17. All are welcome.
Biography
Dr. Schaeffer is a professor in the Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, and is co-founder of the University of Alberta spin-off company , which creates engaging online learning experiences.
He is best known for his work applying AI technology to the problem of building high performance game-playing programs, as well as tackling the challenges of the commercial computer games industry.
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