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March 2, 2000
Laura Lewis
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Phone: 650/604-2162, 650/604-9000 Email: llewis@mail.arc.nasa.gov
RELEASE: 00-16AR NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: News media are
invited to attend the first day of the CONTACT Cultures of the
Imagination conference at NASA Ames Research Center, March 3, 2000, from
8 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. PST in the Moffett Training and Conference Center,
Bldg. 3. To get to Ames, take the Moffett Field exit off Highway 101. At
the Moffett Federal Airfield main gate, proceed to the Visitor Badging
Office to obtain entry badges and maps to the conference. Bring press
credentials and photo ID to gain admittance.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPACT ON HUMANITY TO BE EXPLORED
An internationally recognized group of scientists, philosophers,
artificial intelligence experts, anthropologists, and artists will
explore the nature of artificial intelligence and its impact on humanity
during the CONTACT Cultures of the Imagination Conference at NASA Ames
Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, on March 3, 2000.
During the seminar at NASA Ames, located in the heart of California's
Silicon Valley, NASA scientists and renowned experts in the field will
discuss artificial intelligence from a variety of perspectives. Speakers
and their topics include Dr. Michael Sims of NASA Ames, "An inquiry into
constraints on machine civilizations;" Dr. Marvin Minsky, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, "Relevance of society of minds;" Dr. William
Clancey, NASA Ames, "Recognizing higher-order consciousness;" James
Funaro, Cabrillo College, CA, "Human Partnerships: Machines R Us;" and
Dr. Seth Shostak, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
Institute, "How might we find machine civilizations?"
Sims, who works in Ames' Computational Sciences Division, and Dr.
Christopher McKay of Ames' Planetary Systems Branch, are co-hosts of the
meeting with Funaro, a Cabrillo College anthropology professor and the
founder of CONACT. Ames is NASA's lead center for information technology
and Astrobiology programs.
CONTACT is a unique, interdisciplinary conference which brings together
some of the foremost international social and space scientists, science
fiction writers and artists to exchange ideas, stimulate new perspectives
and encourage serious, creative speculation about humanity's future. More
information about the conference is available at the CONTACT Cultures of
the Imagination web site: http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/contact/
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