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Faculty Research Lecture

137th Lecturer

Keith Holyoak

Distinguished Professor of Psychology

Professor Keith Holyoak

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Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. PDT | Location: Schoenberg Hall


Intelligence, Creativity, and Consciousness in Humans and (Perhaps) Machines

Humans view their own species as representing the pinnacle of biological intelligence, capable of creative thinking and endowed with conscious experience. In light of recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), and particularly large language models (LLMs), this discussion will focus on whether machines can equal or surpass human intelligence and perhaps even achieve “authentic” creativity and consciousness.

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138th Lecturer

Raymond Knapp

Distinguished Professor of Musicology, Disability Studies, and Humanities

Professor Raymond Knapp

Spring Quarter Faculty Research Lecture
Event Details To Be Announced


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130th Lecturer

Michael Jung

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Michael Jung

Winter Quarter Faculty Research Lecture
Event Details To Be Announced

Distinguished Professor Michael Jung, the 130th UCLA Faculty Research Lecture, will deliver his postponed lecture from the 2020-2021 academic year this Winter Quarter

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Nomination Guidelines
 

Nominated and selected by peers, the distinguished recipients of the Faculty Research Lecture awards are exemplary of UCLA’s commitment to research excellence. The lecture format of this honor provides the recipients a platform to share their scholarship broadly with faculty, students, and the UCLA community and is a recognition of the importance of the wide dissemination of knowledge generated by UCLA faculty.

Previously administered by the Academic Senate, the Faculty Research Lecture is now a program of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities (ORCA).

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