Matteo Cavalli-Sforza - Free will, the brain and deep learning

Europe/Madrid
Seminar (IFAE)

Seminar

IFAE

Jelena Aleksic (IFAE), Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona), John E Ward (IFAE)
Description
We like to think that our mental processes are free, and that in the absence of external constraints we are masters of our decisions. However this view is incompatible with the principle of causality, and cannot coexist with scientific determinism. Starting from this philosophical issue, I will argue that the idea of human free will arises from being conscious of only a tiny part of the workings of our brain, a machine whose immense computing power, much greater that any current computer system’s, is only recently beginning to be understood. In parallel to neuroscience, recent progress in Artificial Intelligence, based on extensive and increasingly complex neural networks, has created Deep Learning, a new scientific revolution that will profoundly affect our lives – and our way to do research.
Participants
  • Abelardo Moralejo
  • Alícia Labián
  • Andres Pacheco Pages
  • Armando Quispe
  • Bruno Bourguille
  • Casado Pilar
  • Chihaya Anzai
  • Daniel Guberman
  • Daniel Moreno
  • David Vázquez Furelos
  • Dirk Hornung
  • Emanuele Cavallaro
  • Eric Peregrina
  • Federico Sanchez
  • Gloria De la Rosa
  • Imma Riu
  • Isaac Esparbé
  • Ivan Lopez Paz
  • Jelena Aleksić
  • Joaquim Palacio Navarro
  • Joern Lange
  • John E Ward
  • Juli Mundet
  • Koji Noda
  • Kovacs Andras
  • Lluïsa-Maria Mir
  • Machiel Kolstein
  • Manel Martinez
  • Manuel Delfino
  • Marc Granado
  • Matthias Jamin
  • Melis Gonzalez
  • Michael Leyton
  • Mirkoantonio Casolin
  • Nadia Tonello
  • Oscar Blanch Bigas
  • Otger Ballester
  • Paolo Cumani
  • Pere Masjuan
  • Rafel Escribano
  • Raimon Casanova
  • Ramon Miquel
  • Ramon Pascual
  • Rudin Petrossian-Byrne
  • Sara Strauch
  • Stefano Terzo
  • Thorsten Lux
  • Victor Cancer
  • Xabier Llobregat
    • 13:00 13:05
      Introduction and General Announcements 5m
      Speakers: Joern Lange (IFAE Barcelona), Dr John E Ward (IFAE), Dr Stefano Terzo (IFAE)
    • 13:05 13:25
      Presentation of the Week 20m
      Speaker: Matteo Cavalli Cavalli-Sforza (IFAE)
    • 13:25 13:35
      Discussion 10m
    • 13:35 14:00
      Pizza 25m
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