Welcome to the LSE Events Podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
Welcome to the LSE for this evening's public event, the Future of AI.
My name is John Cardoso Silva.
I'm an assistant professor of education at the Data Science Institute here at the lse and I will shortly be leading this conversation about all things AI with Professor Gary Marcus here on my left.
Following the discussion, there will be the chance for you to put your questions to Gary and I,
and when the time comes,
please raise your hand and wait for the stewards, you see them in red,
to come to you with a roving microphone and then you can pose your question.
Right now,
I'd like to remind you all to please put your phones on silent so as not to disturb the proceedings.
This event will be recorded, audio recorded,
there will be no cameras and it will be available as a podcast subject to no technical difficulties.
Finally, there's no fire alarm scheduled, so if we do hear one,
it's actually for real and we have to make our way outside from where we came from.
And that's about it.
We can get started with our event.
I will introduce our guest,
I'll pose him a few questions and then I'll hand back to all of you in the audience.
Professor Gary Marcus is a leading voice in cognitive science and artificial intelligence.