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SUMMARY:Deep Learning with the Analytical Engine - Adam P. Goucher\, Trini
 ty College
DTSTART:20160127T201500Z
DTEND:20160127T210000Z
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CONTACT:Matthew Ireland
DESCRIPTION:_A recording of this talk is available at https://www.youtube.
 com/watch?v=i9GMuk0gffM and further resources can be found at https://gitl
 ab.com/apgoucher/DLAE (including complete source code)._\n\nThe question o
 f whether a mechanical automaton could reason as we do has been posited fo
 r as long as such machines have existed. Real progress in realising machin
 e intelligence\, however\, has eluded us until very recently with the adve
 nt of deep learning. But why has it taken so long? Does intelligence inher
 ently require vast swathes of memory and lightning-fast multiprocessors? O
 r could it equally well be embodied by\, say\, the very first computer eve
 r envisaged?\n\nWe transport ourselves two centuries into the past to reli
 ve the conception of the Analytical Engine: an immersive Victorian adventu
 re marked by lavish soirées\, gargantuan contraptions\, and promiscuous p
 oets. We continue this story by investigating how a 21st-century approach 
 to algorithmic intelligence can be implemented on a 19th-century machine\,
  encountering many obstacles along the way.
LOCATION:Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College
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