data.NOV <- On the pathway to artificial consciousness...

🗣️Talk Description: On this journey, we will discuss much about the human brain as this mystical, seemingly unattainable model. We'll also touch on the flaws and architectural design limitations of current artifical neural networks. Next will be a homage to spiking neural networks highlighting their more fantastic abilities juxtaposed to their curses. Finally we can cover some ground on where creativity stems from, and why we shouldn't let engineers model the brain. As a disclaimer the talk itself is going to be quite dense and probably a little too broad. However that's a consequence of adhd and I apologize for nothing.

🎙️Speaker Bio: "Hi. My name is Jacob Saunders, and I have been aggressively failing (and learning) for the last 10 years. I have failed at many things, ranging from McDonald's crew person, to professional battery builder all the way over to pure mathematician. These are my stories..."

🏢 Venue: University's Q building in Honeysuckle

https://goo.gl/maps/35LwcLhKV1nvoFAh7

• We will meet in the Level 2 Seminar Space.
• You'll need to enter through the main doors on Worth Place, and will be directed to the elevators to join the meetup.
• If you can't get in, please signal to the security guard that should be at the front desk that your here for the meetup.

PARKING: The closest parking is Wright Lane Carpark.

https://goo.gl/maps/rj6Yg8EkpjYzUmbi7

After 5pm it is free and is a 400m - 5 minute walk.

ONLINE: At the request of the speaker we will setup a zoom link for those that want to join remotely. We will only have the zoom link shortly before the event starts so please keep an eye on the comments and meetup messages.

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🕠 TIME: 5.30pm - 7.30pm

FOOD: 🍕 + 🥤

• Wood fired pizza, sponsored by NewyTechPeople
• Soft drinks

SCHEDULE:

• 5:30pm: Networking + Food + Drinks

(Don't stress if you are held up in traffic)

• 6:15pm: Presentation
• 7:15pm: Packing up + Bonus questions
• 7:30pm: Close
• 7:30pm+: [Unofficially] anyone wanting to continue chatting, we usually head to Honeysuckle Hotel which is a short walk