{"id":451,"date":"2023-09-02T06:27:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T06:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2023-09-02T06:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T06:27:28","slug":"what-is-ai-and-how-will-it-change-our-world-an-owl-club-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"What is AI and how will it change our world? An Owl Club Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr Jacques Ludik will be speaking at an Owl Club Colloquium on November 23nd, 2023, titled \u201cWhat is AI and how will it change our world?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He attended another Owl Club event in August 2023 with speakers such as Prof. Mark Solms on the Brain and Consciousness, and Dr Mike Bruton on Charles Darwin (and his productive visit to SA), as well as some entertainment with a night at the Opera! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jacquesludik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JL_Owl-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1196\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa, which has been a distinguished social meeting place for individuals interested in the liberal arts and sciences since 1894. The club organizes monthly gatherings that foster fellowship, fine dining, stimulating conversations, and captivating presentations by acclaimed speakers, as well as live musical performances. You can find more information about the Owl Club on our website:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.owls.org.za\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.owls.org.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To further enrich our activities, they have recently introduced colloquia that aim to promote understanding of pertinent societal issues and stimulate discussions, not only among our members, but also among a broader audience. Their first colloquium, held on June 14th 2023, focused on &#8220;The Covid Pandemic: A Balance Sheet of Impacts.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now they are planning their next colloquium, scheduled for the morning of November 23nd, 2023, titled \u201cWhat is AI and how will it change our world?\u201d. The first half will address \u201cAI beyond the Hype \u2013 Examining Real-World Benefits and Dangers\u201d. The second half will focus on \u201cHow we might think about AI \u2013 Ethical and Philosophical Considerations\u201d The envisioned program spans a total duration of 2,5 hours and will feature four or five speakers, with time for discussion. The final program will be shaped by the contributions of the speakers. Moreover, they intend to include a brief practical presentation on AI, as many attendees will have only a basic conceptual understanding and would benefit from real-world examples.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Jacques Ludik will be speaking at an Owl Club Colloquium on November 23nd, 2023, titled \u201cWhat is AI and how will it change our world?\u201d<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-democratizing-ai","category-sapiens-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapiens.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}