Speaker Named For RTS, IET Joint Public Lecture

Dr Demis Hassabis, Founder of DeepMind, will deliver the Royal Television Society (RTS) and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Joint Public Lecture at the British Museum on Wednesday 4 November, it has been confirmed. The lecture will be chaired by Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Worldwide and Director, Global.

Dr Hassabis is the co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, the General Artificial Intelligence (AI) company which was acquired by Google in 2014 in their largest ever European acquisition. In his lecture, entitled 'Artificial Intelligence and the Future', Demis will use his experiences as an AI researcher, neuroscientist and videogames designer to discuss what is happening at the cutting edge of AI research, its future impact, and how developing AI can help people to better understand the human mind, including the nature of imagination and creativity.

Dr Demis Hassabis said: "I'm looking forward to talking about our goal of developing artificial general intelligence and how it can help us solve big challenges in the world."

Theresa Wise, CEO of the RTS, added: "Following the success of last year's joint public lecture delivered by Dr Mike Lynch OBE, we are thrilled to be teaming up with the IET once again to offer audiences the chance to hear from the brilliant Dr Demis Hassabis. The evening promises to be a fascinating glimpse into an incredible, and rapidly approaching future."

Naomi Climer, IET President, commented: "Dr Hassabis is a world expert on artificial intelligence and we are delighted to be hosting this lecture with the Royal Television Society. This lecture forms an important part of the IET's remit to inspire, inform and influence. Engineering and technology are central to our everyday lives and artificial intelligence represents a particularly exciting area of technology that is set to transform our quality of life in the future."

More information, as well as to book tickets, can be found here.

www.rts.org.uk

(JP)