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In this Symposium we will explore the idea of knowledge both individual and collective. This requires an understanding of its measure, its encoding, its transmission, its acquisition, and its ultimate use in human systems of thought leading to understanding. These questions also extend to those cases where knowledge becomes entrenched and a barrier to progress.
Some Key Questions for this Symposium:
- How does knowledge originate and develop in individuals (humans, other primates, etc.)?
- What is the history and development of “objective” / scientific / mathematical knowledge?
- What is the nature of social and cultural knowledge?
- What is the role of knowledge in intelligence and in “understanding”?
- How do today’s large-scale AI language models affect our view of this role?
- How does the advent of AI and big data affect the role of knowledge and understanding in scientific and mathematical discovery?
- What sets limits on the time scales and total capacity of individual and collective knowledge acquisition?
- What are the long-term implications of global and easily accessible sources of knowledge for the future development of the knowledge-understanding axis?
AGENDA
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM to 1:50 PM Introduction: Melanie Mitchell, Ricardo Hausmann, David Krakauer
1:50 PM to 2:20 PM Celeste Kidd, UC Berkeley
2:20 PM to 2:30 PM Q & A
2:30 PM to 2:45 PM Respondent: Susan Fitzpatrick, JSMF
2:45 PM to 2:55 PM Q & A
2:55 PM to 3:20 PM Break: You are welcome to explore the SITE museum during this time.
3:20 PM to 3:50 PM Anna Rogers, IT University of Copenhagen
3:50 PM to 4:00 PM Q & A
4:00 PM to 4:15 PM Respondent: Tom Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University
4:15 PM to 4:25 PM Q & A
4:25 PM to 4:45 PM Conclusions: Melanie Mitchell, Ricardo Hausmann, David Krakauer
5:00 PM to 8:30 PM Reception & Dinner at Opuntia Café
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023
Symposium Day 2
SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
8:30 AM to 9:15 AM Breakfast
9:15 AM to 9:30 AM Introduction: Melanie Mitchell, Ricardo Hausmann, David Krakauer
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM "Is Mathematics Obsolete?" with Jeremy Avigad, Carnegie Mellon
10:00 AM to 10:10 AM Q&A
10:10 AM to 10:25 AM Respondent: Cris Moore, Santa Fe Institute
10:25 AM to 10:35 AM Q&A
10:35 AM to 11:00 AM Break: You are welcome to explore the SITE museum during this time.
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM "Designing Diversity for Sustained Innovation" with James Evans, University of Chicago
11:30 AM to 11:40 AM Q&A
11:40 AM to 11:55 AM Respondent: Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University
11:55 AM to 12:05 PM Q&A
12:05 PM to 12:15 PM Conclusions: Melanie Mitchell, Ricardo Hausmann, David Krakauer
12:15 PM to 1:15 PM Lunch
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Science Board Meeting at SFI's Cowan Campus
4:30 PM to 8:30 PM Reception & Dinner at SFI's Cowan Campus
Speakers and Respondents
Jeremy AvigadProfessor at Carnegie Mellon University
James EvansProfessor and Director at University of Chicago, External Professor at SFI
Susan FitzpatrickPresident (Retired) of the James S McDonnell Foundation, and Science Board Member at SFI
Ricardo HausmannScience Board Co-chair & External Professor at SFI; Director of the Center for International Development & Professor at Harvard
Celeste KiddAssistant Professor at UC Berkeley
Tom MitchellProfessor at Carnegie Mellon University, and Science Board Member at SFI
Cris MooreProfessor and Science Board Member at the Santa Fe Institute
Anna RogersAssistant Professor at IT University of Copenhagen