Grounds for Science - Can video games make artificial intelligence more intelligent?: Why does artificial intelligence play some video games well, and others poorly?

Presentation | July 20 | 6:30-8 p.m. |  Scarlet City Espresso Bar

Location: 3960 Adeline St., Emeryville, CA 94608

Speaker/Performer: Adam Stooke, Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab

Sponsor: Science@Cal

Grounds for Science is a public science talk series organized by and featuring UC Berkeley graduate students. No tickets required!

Can video games make artificial intelligence more intelligent? with Adam Stooke

In the past few years, deep neural networks have burst onto the scene of artificial intelligence. Scientists commonly test these networks by teaching them to play video games,...   More >

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Science Lecture - Us and our microbiotas: mainly a gut reaction

Lecture | July 21 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building

Speaker/Performer: Dr. Michael Shapira, Department of Integrative Biology

Sponsor: Science@Cal

We have more bacteria in our gut than cells in our entire body. This little piece of information, realized in the past decade or so, has directed a spotlight on the gut microbiota, as scientists scramble to understand what this means for our existence: What is it important for? Can we take advantage of it to treat pathology? And what can we learn about all this from worms?

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: All Audiences, Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents