SMS scnews item created by Catherine Meister at Mon 25 Aug 2025 1408
Type: Meeting
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Expiry: 24 Feb 2026
Calendar1: 3 Nov 2025 0900
Auth: cmeister@10.48.31.43 (cmei0631) in SMS-SAML
Focus period: Mathematical Science of AI Safety
Some aspects of intelligence are becoming a commodity. They are bought and sold by the
token and piped from large datacenters hosting artificial neural networks to our phones,
laptops, cars and perhaps soon domestic robots. However our understanding of what neural
networks do, and how they “learn” is limited. This makes it difficult to assess the
downside risks of rapid adoption of AI across the economy and in our personal lives.
The goal of this focus period will be to come to grips with these questions from a
mathematical perspective. Many mathematicians want to contribute, but lack a clear
entry point into the subject. A primary aim will be to articulate guiding questions,
in consultation with experts at the forefront of AI development. We also aim to bring
together some of the most interesting thinkers in this nascent field.
Organisers: Daniel Murfet, Susan Wei, Geordie Williamson
Key participants: Peter Bartlett, Vanessa Kosoy, Jim Crutchfield, Marcus Hutter*,
Dalcy Ku, Vinayak Pathak, Cole Wyeth
3rd November - 11th December 2025, The University of Sydney
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