The Psyche, in Humans and Machines

I will start by exploring Carl Jung’s model of the human psyche, then turn to his analysis of the eminent physicist Wolfgang Pauli and how Pauli used Jung’s framework to make an astonishing discovery in physics. But do machines too have psyches? I will look into the psyche of machines which enables them to attain certain characteristics of creativity, making them creative like us. 

Speaker

• ARTHUR I. MILLER University College London (UCL), Emeritus Professor

Arthur I. Miller is Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at University College London. He is the author of a groundbreaking theory of creativity which applies to both humans and machines. He has written many critically acclaimed books, including the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty that Causes Havoc; 137: Jung, Pauli, and the Pursuit of a Scientific Obsession; and The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity.

*This event is a recorded talk*