CDL Reading Group: On Being Human
In an age when the traditional lines between human and machine are increasingly blurred, the CDL Reading Group is exploring the question: What does it mean to be human?
Like the proverbial frog-in-the-gradually-heated-to-boiling-pot, we can be distracted by the glare of progress at the very moment that critical lines delineating humans versus machines are crossed. Sometimes, we must step back and reflect.
That’s the purpose of this reading group.
CDL Reading Group Videos
A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Bennett
The Worlds I See by Fei Fei Li
Regulatory Markets: The Future of AI Governance by Gillian Hadfield, et al. (Paper)
Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Paul Scharre
Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation by Jens Ludwig & Sendhil Mullainathan
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell
A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
Supporters of CDL Reading Group
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Douglas Beach
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Catherine Bornbaum & Brandon Lines
Creative Destruction Lab
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies. Its nine-month program allows founders to learn from experienced entrepreneurs, increasing their likelihood of success. Founded by Professor Ajay Agrawal in 2012 at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the program has expanded and now has 11 sites across six countries: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Halifax, Paris, Madison, Seattle, Estonia, Berlin, and Melbourne.