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Artificial Intelligence, Harm, and You
Artificial Intelligence, Harm, and You
To celebrate the official launch of Western's Interdisciplinary Development Initiative exploring the real-world social impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in Canada and around the world, join us for a virtual panel discussion on the harms algorithms can cause, and the launch of a poster exploring the impacts of AI on the daily life of Western […]
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Evan Thompson: Consciousness and Dreamless Sleep
Evan Thompson: Consciousness and Dreamless Sleep
ABSTRACT New research suggests that deep and dreamless sleep may not be a blackout state in which consciousness is absent, but instead a state in which various kinds of conscious states may occur. This lecture will present an overview of current thinking about sleep and consciousness from the perspectives of cognitive neuroscience, the science of […]