5th Annual Boole Lecture in Mathematics – Professor Marcus du Sautoy
The School of Maths and Physics welcomes Professor Marcus du Sautoy OBE FRS from the University of Oxford for a public lecture titled: The Creativity Code.
Wednesday 15th of January 2020, 6pm – 7.20pm, Isaac Newton Lecture Theatre.
To book, please visit: https://lincoln-maths-phys-public.org/2019/12/05/5th-annual-boole-lecture-in-mathematics/
Professor Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford and Professor of Mathematics and Fellow of New College, Oxford.
The lecture will be followed by signing the book “The Creativity Code” by the author. This book (and some others by the same author) will be available to purchase before and after the lecture from a bookstall by “Lindum Books” .
Humans are increasingly handing over our decision making responsibilities to complex algorithms; whether it’s to decide the music we listen to, the partners we date, or driving our investments. What happens when those algorithms go one step further and learn, adapt, and create like humans? Professor Marcus du Sautoy looks at the nature of creativity and asks how long it will be before computers can compose a symphony, write a Nobel Prize-winning novel or paint a masterpiece. And if so, would we be able to tell the difference? As humans, we have an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand and transform what it means to be alive. Yet in many other areas, new developments in AI are shaking up the status quo, as we find out how many of the tasks humans engage in can be done equally well, if not better, by machines. But can machines be creative? Will they soon be able to learn from the art that moves us, and understand what distinguishes it from the mundane? Du Sautoy asks how much of our emotional response to a great work of art is down to our brains reacting to pattern and structure and explores what it is to be creative in mathematics, art, language and music. Could machines come up with something creative, and might that push us into being more imaginative in turn?