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SUMMARY:Art-Science - Will We Still Be Human After the Cognitive Revolutio
 n?
DTSTART:20171211T190000
DTEND:20171211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T175934Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:José del R. Millán (Defitech Foundation Chair in Brain-Machi
 ne Interface\, EPFL / Chief Scientific Officer of Mental Work)\, Jonathon 
 Keats (experimental philosopher and artist / Chief Visionary Officer of Me
 ntal Work)\, Michael Mitchell (cultural producer\, Paperboy Agency / Chief
  Operation Officer of Mental Work)\nJust two days after exchanging with Th
 éâtre de Vidy and welcoming playwright Jean-François Peyret to interven
 e into the Mental Work factory\, EPFL ArtLab hosts another roundtable disc
 ussion around the\n\nNearly two-and-a-half centuries after James Watt laun
 ched the Industrial Revolution with the development of the steam engine\, 
 exponentially increasing the amount of power in human hands\, Switzerland 
 has developed a set of powerful machines controlled by operators' brains.\
 n\nThese machines are now installed at EPFL ArtLab\, which has opened the 
 first factory dedicated to the Cognitive Revolution. Join the three factor
 y co-founders for a roundtable discussion about Mental Work as a futuristi
 c workspace\, a philosophical thought experiment\, and an experimental app
 aratus for advancing neuroscience.\n\nPanelists:\n\n	José del R. Millán\
 , Defitech Foundation Chair in Brain-Machine Interface\, EPFL / Chief Scie
 ntific Officer - Mental Work\n	Jonathon Keats\, experimental philosopher a
 nd artist / Chief Visionary Officer - Mental Work\n	Michael Mitchell\, cul
 tural producer\, Paperboy Agency / Chief Operation Office - Mental Work\n	
  \n\nIn English only\nAdmission : free\n=> Practical information\n 
LOCATION:ArtLab\,  Art-Science Pavilion http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=artlab
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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