About us
Hello and welcome to Socrates Cafe Melbourne.
Socrates Café is a communal gathering where people from all walks of life get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences with the aim of learning from each other, and to delve deeper into a particular topic.
The idea for Socrates Cafe was started by Christopher Phillips, in America, and there are hundreds of Socrates Cafes around the world today.
It is a respectful and welcoming forum for self expression and learning.
All you need to bring is an open and inquisitive mind.
See you there,
Rahul
Upcoming events
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Exploring AI and AGI
·OnlineOnlinePlease join us Monday the 13th at 7pm for the second of a new online event series.
In this session, Yaron will lead an exploration of AI (AGI). The new generation of AI (chatGPT, Claude, Gemini etc.) appear to posses abilities previously considered to be uniquely human and to act in a manner we'd be hard pressed to not call intelligent. Does this mean they are actually intelligent? If not, how could we tell these states apart, and would that be a meaningful difference?
We'll examine these questions through a hand-waving introduction to the Chinese Room argument, and explore some of its immediate implications on current and future implementation of AI.
To attend please register here, and you will be sent a link to join online Monday afternoon: https://form.jotform.com/261801516624857
We kindly ask attendees to pay $5 to attend to help with MeetUp subscription costs & in-person venue costs. This is not mandatory, but if you are a regular member it would be appreciated. Bank details will be provided at start of event.
Hope to see you there!
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