Posts Tagged 'Science'

Science education – what I learned in Sardinia

Posted on December 2nd, 2018 · Posted in Off-topic

Just returned from a wonderful trip to Sardinia, Italy, where I saw some cool things related to the dissemination of science education, so I thought I’d share. I was invited by FestivalScienza Cagliari to deliver a lecture about Alan Turing and the future of AI – in Italian, mind you – which was a challenge not to be refused. This I did successfully, drawing a lively interaction with the audience and a subsequent interview in the TV news journal – evidently the lecture made everybody think, as well it should, given where AI is headed. But while I was there.. Read more

CAPTCHA: A Wonderful Adventure in Exhibition Space

Posted on April 7th, 2013 · Posted in Off-topic

Somehow my career has repeatedly led me into doing unexpected and wonderful things. One such piece of serendipity has been the role I landed at the Jerusalem Science Museum as the curator of an exhibition in honor of Alan Turing. This project took a year and half, and gave me the occasion to work with some amazing people at the museum, interact with many more from around the world, and learn so much about that tragic genius, Alan Turing, of which I wrote here before. Now we’re finally done, and the exhibition is open to the public. It wasn’t my.. Read more

Alan Turing’s Earthshaking Philosophical Insight

Posted on October 12th, 2012 · Posted in Off-topic

Being the curator of the Alan Turing Year exhibition at the Jerusalem Science Museum, I was invited to sit on a panel dedicated to Turing’s legacy at the ICON Science Fiction, Imagination and The Future festival in Tel Aviv. My talk there was well received, and touches on some interesting truths, so I decided to share its content here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have! Incidentally, Alan Turing’s life and work will be the basis of a new lecture I will be adding to my public speaking offerings. The subject is a fascinating one on so.. Read more