The Mathematics of AI:
From the simplest case to detecting cats
Featuring Samuli Siltanen
Thursday, September 19
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm ET
(in person)
Artificial intelligence is breaking new ground every week. It writes essays, drives cars, and identifies dogs, cats, and bicycles from photos. Much of this is based on neural networks, which coarsely mimic the brain. Take a closer look at the computations behind AI in this presentation led by Samuli Siltanen, Professor of Industrial Mathematics and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Amazingly, we will see that neural networks use only elementary school math to work their magic, that orienteering strategies have implications on learning, and that the automatic “learning” that AI code does is akin to a mountaineer looking for the lowest valley in thick fog.
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Please note that children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult chaperone, and each person must be registered.