Robot-Proof: higher education in the age of artificial intelligence
Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence; robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyse stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces and advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labour. Now, many high-skilled functions, including interpreting medical images, doing legal research, and analysing data, are within the skill sets of machines. How can higher education prepare students for their professional lives when professions themselves are disappearing?

Join Northeastern University’s President Joseph Aoun in conversation as he discusses new ways to educate the next generation of university students to invent, to create, and to discover – to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot.

There will be a drinks reception and book signing following the talk, all welcome
Date: 17 January 2018, 17:00 (Wednesday, 1st week, Hilary 2018)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Joseph E. Aoun (Northeastern University)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/event/2517
Booking email: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Hannah Mitchell