Institute for Ethics in AI - Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness

The bring's together world-leading philosophers and other experts in the humanities with the technical developers and users of AI in academia, business and government.

We are delighted to welcome Murray Shanahan, Professor of Cognitive Robotics, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, Principal Research Scientist, Google DeepMind to present at our October Colloquium.

The theme of his talk will be be "Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness" more details coming soon.

Professor Shanahan is a principal research scientist at Google DeepMind and Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London. Educated at Imperial College (BSc(Eng) computer science, 1984) and Cambridge University (King’s College; PhD computer science, 1988), he became a full professor at Imperial in 2006, and joined DeepMind in 2017.

His publications span artificial intelligence, machine learning, logic, dynamical systems, computational neuroscience, and philosophy of mind. Professor Shanahan is active in public engagement, and was scientific advisor on the film Ex Machina. He has written several books, including “Embodiment and the Inner Life” (2010) and “The Technological Singularity” (2015).

Host or Publisher Oxford University Institute for Ethics in AI