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This event is part of the Technology & Consciousness Series:Fall/Winter 2018-2019
More than 2,500 years ago-centuries before technology made robots possible-Greek mythology was exploring ideas about creating artificial life & grappling with still-unresolved ethical concerns abouttechnology.
As early as Homer, Greeks were imagining robotic servants, animated statues, & even ancient versions of artificial intelligence, while in Indian legend, Buddha's precious relics were defended by robot warriors copied from Greco-Roman designs. Many sophisticated robotic devices were actually built in antiquity, reaching a climax with the creation of a host of robots or automata in the ancient city of learning, Alexandria, the original Silicon Valley.
Join scholar & author Carolyn Cooke for a conversation with Adrienne Mayor exploring how some of today's most advanced innovations in robotics & AI were foreshadowed in ancient myth.
Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in the Classics Department & History of Science Program at Stanford University, & currently a Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Her latest book, Gods & Robots: Myths, Machines, & Ancient Dreams of Technology, explores the timeless quest for artificial life, showing how the ancient Greeks imagined automata, self-moving devices, human enhancements, & Artificial Intelligence more than 2,000 years ago. Her previous books include The Amazons, The First Fossil Hunters, & Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs. Adrienne's books are translated into a dozen languages & her work is featuredon NPR, BBC, History & Smithsonian Channels, New York Times, NationalGeographic, & other media.
Carolyn Cookeis the author of a novel,Daughters of the Revolution, & two collections of short stories,The BostonsandAmor & Psycho. Her fiction has won the PEN/Robert Bingham Prize, has been shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, & has been featured inBest American Short Stories,The O. Henry Prize Stories, andThe Paris Review. Carolyn is a professor in the MFA Programs at CIIS.
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