![Technical Studies Lecture Series: Pete Silver [SA+C, University of Westminster] “Artificial Intelligence – What is it? And why now?” | Thursday, November 28 at 18:00 (GMT), M416 Robin Evans Room + Livestream](http://www.openstudiowestminster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/09_Pete-Silver-1.png)
When: Thursday, 28th of November 2024 at 6pm (GMT)
Where: M416 (Robin Evans Room), Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online
In this presentation, Pete Silver, a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture + Cities, will explore the concept and philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, will postulate that current software may well be nothing of the sort (at the very best, a misnomer), and will question the reasons for its recent adoption by the media, by academia, and by the public at large.
Pete Silver was educated at the Architectural Association where he was tutored by and subsequently taught with John and Julia Frazer, and the polymath and cybernetician Gordon Pask. Silver went on to work as a unit design tutor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where he introduced and managed specialist courses on interactive and responsive systems. With his colleague, Dr Will McLean, he has been joint co-ordinator of Technical Studies at the University of Westminster, School of Architecture for 25 years, co-authored six books and has instigated a number of initiatives with respect to the organisation and delivery of technical courses.
w.f.mclean@westminster.ac.uk – For details contact Will McLean