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SUMMARY:Can Machines Be Moral Agents? - Professor Nigel Crook [Oxford Broo
 kes University]
DTSTART:20190430T120000Z
DTEND:20190430T130000Z
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CONTACT:Alice Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Nigel studied for his undergraduate degree at Lancaster Univer
 sity\, initially doing Maths and Philosophy before switching to Computing 
 and Philosophy\, being particularly attracted to the logic side of Philoso
 phy. He moved to - as it was then- Oxford Polytechnic in 1985 to undertake
  a PhD in Medical Diagnostics Systems and upon completion in 1989\, became
  a lecturer. Whilst he never set out with the explicit intention of becomi
 ng an academic\, he has followed his interests - logic\, philosophy and co
 mputing.\n\nNigel put a lot of thought into how he could best combine his 
 faith with his research\, reflecting on how his academic expertise might e
 nable him to marry the two. He realised that AI and apologetics were askin
 g many of the same questions\, particularly regarding what and who human b
 eings are. Now he is lucky that both his main interests are coming togethe
 r. Over the last six months he has realised that he can combine his theolo
 gical perspective with his AI work\, in how to develop Robots with moral c
 haracter. This speaks to questions at the heart of both his religious and 
 academic interests.
LOCATION:Garden Room\, Library Building\, St Edmund's College
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