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SUMMARY:Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Colin Williams
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DESCRIPTION:Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Colin Williams\
 n\nDate: 28th May 2025\n\nTime: 14:00-16:00\n\nLocation: The University 
 of Manchester\n\nJoin us for an engaging seminar on The Human Use of Non
 -Human Beings: Computational Synthetic Agency and Human Exceptionalism (
 A Partial History and Some Possible Futures). In 1948\, the venerable Am
 erican mathematician Norbert Wiener published Cybernetics: or Control an
 d Communication in the Animal and the Machine. Despite its arcane title 
 and bewildering mathematics\, Cybernetics became an instant best seller 
 and changed the world. Far more than in name only\, it’s the reason huma
 nity now inhabits cyber. This talk will explore the long neglected histo
 ry of the cybernetics movement\; and\, relatedly\, a hitherto overlooked
  yet formative schism between cybernetics and AI. From these historical 
 roots\, we can trace some of the potential future trajectories for the d
 evelopment and societal use of AI\, autonomous systems and human machine
  teaming.\n\nAbout the speaker:\n\nDr Colin Williams: Dr Colin is a prin
 cipal consultant with CDS Defence and Security\, a specialist cyber secu
 rity and resilience consultancy based in Cheltenham. He is also a visiti
 ng honorary professor at De Montfort University and an Honorary Fellow a
 t the University of Warwick. His career in information assurance and cyb
 er security spans three decades.\n\nPhotography will take place at this 
 event. If you do not wish to be photographed\, please speak to an event 
 organiser upon event registration.\n\nConnect with the Centre for Digita
 l Trust and Society\n\nThe Centre for Digital Trust and Society organise
 s the DTS Guest Seminar Series and is a focal point for research across 
 the University of Manchester that explores aspects of trust and security
  in our digital world. The Centre is part of Digital Futures\, a highly 
 interdisciplinary network which operates across the whole range of the U
 niversity of Manchester's digital research.\n\nAbout Digital Futures:\n\
 nDigital Futures is a highly interdisciplinary network that operates acr
 oss the whole range of the University’s digital research. We aim to pres
 ent a coherent overview of The University of Manchester's digital resear
 ch activity to external stakeholders and bring together research communi
 ties to explore new research areas and address strategic opportunities.\
 n\nConnect with us:\n\nX: twitter.com/DigitalUoM\n\nLinkedin: linkedin.c
 om/showcase/digital-futures-at-the-university-of-manchester\n\nWebsite: 
 digitalfutures.manchester.ac.uk\n\nNewsletter: tinyurl.com/digitalfuture
 suom
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