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SUMMARY:iMind: Artificial Intelligence - with Dr. Mohamed I. Elmasry
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><a href="https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~elmasry
 /" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Mohamed I. Elmasry</a>\, emeritus pr
 ofessor of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo\, will join us t
 o discuss his new book\, <a href="https://wpl-kitch.ca.iiivega.com/search/
 card?id=e366442e-d3e7-56bc-a1ff-7ec60ffff3a7&amp\;entityType=FormatGroup" 
 title="iMind: Artificial and Real Intelligence"><em>iMind: Artificial and 
 Real Intelligence</em></a>\, which is gaining international media attentio
 n for its innovative approach to similarities and differences in how human
  brains and human-made devices process and retain information.</p>\n<p>Thi
 s program is presented in partnership with <a href="https://www.wordsworth
 books.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Words Worth Books</a> in celebr
 ation of 40 years.</p>\n<p><strong>About<em> iMind: Artificial and Real In
 telligence</em></strong></p>\n<p>Due for its Canadian release in August\, 
 <em>iMind</em> draws on the author&rsquo\;s career-long global reputation 
 as a leader in the design and development of ANNs (Artificial Neural Netwo
 rks) and microchip design\, as well as his lifetime of interest in human i
 ntelligence\, physiology and spirituality.</p>\n<p>Dr. Elmasry wrote <em>i
 Mind</em> for the general reader to bridge the knowledge gap between AI (A
 rtificial\, or Machine Intelligence) and RI (human Real Intelligence). In 
 a <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/regular-daytime-naps-reduce-dementia-r
 isk-mohamed-elmasry-1927843" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent intervi
 ew</a> with Newsweek Magazine\, he explains the critical importance of mai
 ntaining a healthy balance between them.</p>\n<p>Important chapters in <em
 >iMind</em> deal with how human RI\, including our memory\, ages and can s
 uccumb to dementia and other neuro-cognitive disorders. But we can reduce 
 or even prevent dementia in our senior years through lifestyle changes tha
 t enhance our physical\, mental and spiritual fitness.</p>\n<p>Programmer:
 &nbsp\; Vrinda</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong>Photography Notice:</strong> Please
  note that photographs and video may be taken at this event and may be bro
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