????Title of the lecture: Artificial Intelligence or already artificial brains? ???? Description of the lecture: A cross-sectional look at the development of Artificial Intelligence from predictions, the current situation to an attempt to answer where this branch of science is heading. The lecture presented the applications of artificial intelligence in everyday life and in business and science. Great language models spoke with a human voice. They conduct conversations in over a thousand languages, have imagination that allows them to create amazing images, incomparably better memory than humans, program, control cars, develop strategies for companies and solve scientific problems. AI systems can already advise better than doctors, show greater empathy and understanding of human psychology, and autonomous robots are developing at a rapid pace. Artificial intelligence can help us in many ways, but we must learn to use it well. This means understanding its limitations, ethical use, and constant vigilance over potential dangers and social consequences ????????‍???? About the speaker: Prof. Włodzisław Duch is a physicist, computer scientist, and cognitive scientist. His research interests initially concerned computational methods of quantum mechanics, computer physics, foundations of physics, and interpretation of quantum mechanics. Since the late 1980s, Prof. Duch's interests have shifted towards the theory and applications of neural networks, machine learning, artificial intelligence methods, brain function modeling, and neurocognitive technologies. Prof. Duch was a member and founder of the Polish Neural Networks Society (1995), and then of the Artificial Intelligence Society (2010). Since the late 1990s, he has been involved in the creation of cognitive science in Poland, co-founding the first journal in this field and the Polish Cognitive Society (2001). He was the President of the European Neural Network Society for two terms (2006-2011), and in 2013 he was elected an honorary member (Fellow) of the International Neural Network Society (INNS) and a member of the Commission of Complex Systems of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. Since 2013 he has headed the Neurocognitive Laboratory at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Modern Technologies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, and since 2020 - the Neuroinformatics and Artificial Intelligence team, part of the University Centre of Excellence Dynamic, Mathematical Analysis and Artificial Intelligence. In 2012 he took up the position of Vice-Rector for Research and Computerization at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, and in 2014-2015 he was Undersecretary of State (Deputy Minister) in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Since 2024 he has been one of the honorary members of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance. The official website of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń: https://www.umk.pl/ More information can be found at: https://portal.umk.pl/ We are also on: Facebook: / Uniwersytetumikolajakopernika Twitter: / umk_torun Instagram: / umktorun LinkedIn: / Uniwersytet-mikolaja-kopernika-w-toruniu