Artificial intelligence: is there anyone out there?

17:30
May 25 2025

Open and free

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow

Św. Wawrzyńca 15, 31-060 Kraków

Each and every one of us, when using artificial intelligence, can feel the characteristic tingle in our spine and ask ourselves: are we dealing with a conscious being, or merely with something that perfectly mimics it? These questions will also be addressed by our guests – specialists in both the brain and AI – who represent radically different views on what modern artificial intelligence is and what it may become in the future.

Włodzisław Duch

Professor of physical sciences, prominent cognitive scientist, computer scientist and philosopher of mind, affiliated with Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. He heads the Department of A…

Piotr Durka

A Polish physicist, he initiated Polish research on brain-computer interfaces in 2008, and continues to conduct it today at the University of Warsaw's Department of Physics. Practical applicat…

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