BDI Seminar - Big Data and the Big Future: how does data science relate to the long-term future of humanity?
Dr Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanities Institute, Oxford Martin School
Monday, 02 December 2019, 10.30am to 11.30am
Seminar room 0, BDI, Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF
abstract
Dr. Anders Sandberg is senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) and the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. His research at the FHI centres on management of low-probability high-impact risks, societal and ethical issues surrounding human enhancement, estimating the capabilities of future technologies, and very long-range futures. Anders has a background in computer science, neuroscience and medical engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, Sweden, for work on neural network modelling of human memory.