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SUMMARY:Winter School "Ethics of Neuroscience and AI" 2024
DESCRIPTION:The 13th Winter School “Ethics of Neuroscience and AI” is taking place on Feb 26 – March 1\, 2024. It is organized by the BCCN Berlin/ICCN\, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain\, and the Excellence Cluster “Science of Intelligence”. The event is tailored for MSc and PhD students\, but covers a range of topics of potential interest to other researchers\, reflecting on the ethical and societal consequences of modern neuroscience.\nTheoretical foundations\, as well as practical and ethical aspects are addressed. Participants will benefit from a combination of lectures with group work and discussions\, where they will put the learned content into practice. \nScientific organizers: John-Dylan Haynes and Thomas Schmidt. \nFees: The Winter School is free of cost but registration is necessary. \nVenue: Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin\, Philippstr. 13 Haus 6\, 10115 Berlin.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/winter-school-ethics-of-neuroscience-and-ai-2024/
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SUMMARY:Christian Poth (Bielefeld University)\, “Task-Driven Phasic Alertness: How Being Ready for Action Relies on the Current Task”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nHumans often must respond quickly to events happening in their environment. To support fast perception and action\, the brain has evolved a warning system. Warning stimuli are used to elicit a transient state of readiness for perception and action (phasic alertness) that results in faster perceptual processing and faster decision-making for action. Phasic alertenss is assumed to be “unintelligent” in the sense that it is driven by the warning stimuli\, irrespective of the cognitive task set and the expectations guiding goal-directed behavior in the current task. Here\, we review recent findings that falsify this assumption. We provide evidence that phasic alertness presupposes an expectation that stimuli can serve as a warning within the current task. In addition\, we show that within a task\, phasic alertness unfolds in action-focused episodes that restrict its effects to only the next action in an action sequence. Together\, these findings reveal that phasic alertness is not entirely stimulus-based (bottom-up)\, but also relies on the cognitive mechanisms for (top-down) control of task-driven and goal-directed action and thus the “intelligent” interaction with the environment.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Kirill Pershin on Unsplash \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-christian-poth-bielefeld-university-task-driven-phasic-alertness-how-being-ready-for-action-relies-on-the-current-task/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)\, “The Evolution of Brain and Cognition: A Wild Hypothesis”
DESCRIPTION:Onur Güntürkün is regarded as a pioneer of biologically based psychology. The aim of his work is to find out how perception\, thought and action arise in the brain.\nHe is interested in diverse topics\, such as motor learning\, fear\, risk-taking behavior and even kissing. In his research\, Güntürkün combines psychological\, biological and neuroanatomical aspects with concepts and findings from the comparative behavioral and neurosciences. Using magpies as an example\, he was able to show that birds recognize themselves in the mirror and are therefore able to develop a kind of self-concept. This finding is astonishing because they lack the cerebral cortex in their brains. This is precisely what controls this ability in primates. Building on this finding\, Güntürkün also succeeded in proving that the forebrain structures of birds and primates have converged in an evolutionary process. Despite their different structures\, they converge in their neurobiological basis and their behavioral performance.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Sammie Chaffin on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/postponed-distinguished-speaker-series-onur-gunturkun-ruhr-universitat-bochum-the-evolution-of-brain-and-cognition-a-wild-hypothesis/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Michael Beetz (Universität Bremen)\, "Empowering Robots with Digital Mental Models: Filling the Cognitive Gap for Everyday Tasks"
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I introduce Digital Mental Models (DMMs) as a novel cognitive capability of AI-powered and cognition-enabled robots. By combining digital twin technology with symbolic knowledge representation and embodying this combination into robots\, we tackle the challenge of converting vague task requests into specific robot actions\, that is robot motions that cause desired physical effects and avoid unwanted side effects. This breakthrough enables robots to perform everyday manipulation tasks with an unprecedented level of context-sensitivity\, foresight\, generality\, and transferability. DMMs narrow the cognitive divide currently existing in robotics by equipping robots with a profound understanding of the physical world and how it works.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/distinguished-speaker-series-michael-beetz-universitat-bremen-empowering-robots-with-digital-mental-models-filling-the-cognitive-gap-for-everyday-tasks/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Fariba Karimi (Graz University of Technology)\, "Complexity Science for Societal Good"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nSocial inequalities — structured and recurrent patterns of unequal distribution of wealth\, opportunities\, and rewards — are on the rise\, and quick-fix\, top-down approaches are failing. Structural inequality is one of the important manifestations of social inequalities in which institutions\, policies\, and societies create systems of privilege that are structural barriers to equality and inclusiveness. Structural inequalities emerge and evolve in complex multi-dimensional social networks. With the rise of artificial intelligence and algorithms in decision-making processes\, such inequalities are being reinforced and exacerbated in a non-linear\, complex manner that is difficult to comprehend and tackle. To address and mitigate such timely issues\, we need a complexity science approach and interdisciplinary teams more than ever.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Vincentiu Solomon on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-fariba-karimi/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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SUMMARY:Heiner Spieß (Science of Intelligence)\, “Tools to Study the Generality of Deep Neural Network Representations”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow.\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-heiner-spies-tools-to-study-the-generality-of-deep-neural-network-representations/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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