Intellectual Forum
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In a 21st century research environment, an outward- and forward-looking centre fostering critical thinking and multidisciplinarity. #IntellForum
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Very grateful to everyone who made the launch of our 📘 a huge success - my coeditors, authors, commentators and of course Julian Huppert and his A team at Intellectual Forum
Special thanks to wonderful Catherine Régis whos passion and determination gave us this miracle of a 📘
We were delighted to host an event celebrating the launch of 'Human-Centered AI' yesterday evening.
Thank you to Maria Luciana Axente and to all of the panellists for a thought-provoking evening discussing #HumanCenteredAI .
Watch the recording: youtube.com/watch?v=kx_x6i…
Starting now!
'Putting people back in the equation: The future of Human-Centered AI' with a stellar panel of experts Intellectual Forum Jesus College
eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-peop…
#cambridge #AI #ArtificialInteligence
What's novel about a novel? 📚
Join author Shida Bazyar to discuss how novels take readers across cultures. How sound are our belief systems, viewed from another perspective?
📅26 March, 19:30
🎟️Free! tinyurl.com/5ewtfmcj
German at Cambridge & @germancambridge.bsky.social MMLL Cambridge Cambridge Festival
We enjoyed hosting this at Jesus College in December! Looking forward to seeing how the exciting ideas that came out of this University of Cambridge ThinkLab Hackathon develop over the next few months.
What are the potential benefits of AI? And how can we address the challenges?
Check out this interview with IF Director Julian Huppert to learn what he thinks AI can go from here.
Mission Control
usemissioncontrol.com/portraits-in-a…
Why did a philosopher go to a bodybuilding competition?🏋
At our first Cambridge Festival event, Prof Clare Chambers explores what bodybuilding shows us about the philosophical and political significance of our bodies.
📅18 March, 19:30
🎟 Free! Register: tinyurl.com/y5kfsu9c
Have you listened to Entanglements, the IF #podcast about society's relationship to #nature ? 🌱
Listen to it now as part of Cambridge Festival's Festival of Podcasts! tinyurl.com/27yevexh
Entanglements was created by Jesus College student and former IF intern Noah Rouse.
How did people learn about nature 100 years ago?
In this interactive Cambridge Festival workshop for children, participants will do fun activities based on 1920s and 1930s nature films to learn about history and the environment.
Reserve a free ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlock-the-s…
Behavioural science is too WEIRD.
Most participants in behavioural science studies are from Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic backgrounds. How do we widen participation?
Join the IF, Catherine Angai, and Bridget Gildea on 6 March to find out! eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-and-th…
We were thrilled to welcome Professor Emily Jackson of LSE Law School to the #IntellForum and Jesus College to give this year's Lisa Jardine Memorial Lecture.
If you missed it, you can watch the full event back on YouTube.
jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/law-a…
Former BBC News (UK) correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones spoke at the IF this week about how his Jesus College education led to his journalism career.
The talk was hosted by MMLL Cambridge students Aimee Jones and Asher Porter--many thanks to them for excellent work!jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/rory-…
In support of the Home Office Enough campaign, Dr Sarah Steele, Senior Research Associate at our Intellectual Forum, explains how we can all safely tackle violence against women and girls.
Help promote social change. Take our free @edX course: ow.ly/4ZTl50QzxRv
#VAWG
We welcomed back thriller writer and College alumnus Mike Harrison last week for a talk Intellectual Forum about his dystopian novels.
Thank you to Mike for an interesting evening considering AI, cyrogenics, and the future of modern society.
Take a look at what's coming up this winter at the IF 👀
Thanks to the Cambridge Independent for helping to spread the word!
cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/from-jour…