2024 Programme
Event #9
Saturday 31st August_11 am
bis: Saturday 31st August_2.45 pm
Moderno cinema3 - euro 4.50
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Nello Cristianini
Re-reading Alan Turing in the GPT era
In 1950, Alan Turing published the article Computing Machinery and Intelligence in the academic journal Mind, to address a fundamental question: can machines think? In this seminal paper, the father of informatics proposed what would later be known as the Turing Test: if a machine was able to engage in conversation with a human without being identified as a machine, it could be deemed intelligent. Turing's personal story highlights the cultural progress of recent decades, and his insights take on new significance in light of today's technological advancements. How can we reinterpret Turing's work through the lens of modern artificial intelligence, particularly with the emergence of sophisticated models like GPT?
Nello Cristianini is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bath. He graduated in Physics from the University of Trieste, earned a Master's in Computational Intelligence from London, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Bristol. Previously, he served as a professor at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Bristol. He is the author of "La scorciatoia. Come le macchine sono diventate intelligenti senza pensare in modo umano" (Il Mulino, 2023) and "Machina Sapiens. L’algoritmo che ci ha rubato il segreto della conoscenza" (Il Mulino, 2024).
Event #43extraFestival
Minotauro Institute, with Loredana Cirillo and Filippo Rosa
Thank you! What we have never told our children and students
