February 2022:
A lecture on AI basics and the disconnect between current AI capabilities and media interpretation of AI capabilities.
August 2 2021:
What Comes After: 5 Post-Pandemic Reads. A booktrib.com article that includes Purged Souls, as well as Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and A beginning at the End by Mike Chen among others.
March 31 2021:
Podcast with Dave Miller at OPB Think Out Loud on robots, society, ethics, and deception.
March 12 2021:
Purged Souls is a finalist for the 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in Science Fiction.
November 19 2020:
July 30 2020:
Purged Souls is mentioned in an article by Paul Goat Allen:
January 21 2020:
OSU Honors College Book Club: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal.
We discuss gender roles in STEM fields and what (if anything) changed in the last fifty years.
November 2019:
How do you integrate ethics, policy, and practicality into the design of revolutionary robotics and artificial intelligence systems? Tom Dietterich and I answer question in this episode of Engineering Out Loud’s Season 9.
October 23, 2018:
Futures Focus Symposium: The Impact of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Society
Tom Dietterich and Kagan Tumer discuss the basics of AI and robotics. We also address the perception gap between specialists and the public/media.
The LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis, OR.
August 2018:
Portland, OR.
July 26 2018:
AI in Hollywood
Jon Lewis and Kagan Tumer discuss AI and robotics in movies. In particular, we study the portrayal of AI in 2001, Blade Runner, and Ex Machina.
The Darkside Cinema, Corvallis, OR.
July 15, 2018:
Excellent talk by @Kagan_Tumer of @OregonState on the current and future state of AI at the #ALAworkshop at @AAMASOrg 2018. CC @endahowley pic.twitter.com/YeShJelcPx
— Michael Madden (@michaelgmadden) July 15, 2018
Current State and Future of AI: Separating Fact from Fiction
When Siri says “How can I help you?” what does it (not she) mean? The short answer is nothing, but in this talk, we’ll look at the long answer.
Stockholmsmassan, Federated AI Conferences Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden.
August 2017:
Portland, OR.
April 2017:
Seattle, WA.
March 2016:
Seattle, WA.