ROS By-The-Bay is the Bay Area's only meetup exclusively for (https://ros.org/). This month we'll have three speakers, a ROS community update, lightning talks, and plenty of time to chat with your fellow developers. Whether your just starting to learn about robotics, or a seasoned industry veteran, ROS By-The-Bay is a great event for connecting with other local roboticists. Speaker(s): KAT SCOTT, ERIC CHEN, COULD BE YOU Agenda: - Talks start promptly at 7pm, please arrive early if you would like to enjoy a slice of pizza. - This event will be hosted at the Intrinsic offices in Mountain View. The location is easily accessible by car, bus, and CalTrain (San Antonio Stop). - (https://osrf.github.io/code_of_conduct/index.html) - - Room: SPACE INVADER ROOM, Bldg: GOOGLE X | INTRINSIC, 250 MAYFIELD AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States

This is a weekly session of the CIT Summer Series, with David A Fisher presenting Why Software Fails and Why AI cannot Help : It was once widely believed that computers would enhance the speed, reliability, and applicability of human deductive reasoning in the physical and social sciences, much as motorized vehicles (e.g., cars, trains, airplanes) have enhanced the speed, reliability, and applicability of human manual abilities in transportation. Yet, 60 years later, computers can be used confidently only for paperwork tasks, analysis of regularly structured data, and simple process control applications. Complex software rarely satisfies user needs, is untrustworthy and difficult to maintain, and largely opaque to its users. Artificial intelligence (AI) methods including heuristics, machine learning, and statistical methods are in opposition to sound deductive reasoning. This presentation explains certain practical and logical impediments to computer enhancement of human deductive reasoning, the deductive limitations of modern programming languages, the role of AI, and provides some promising alternatives. Speaker(s): David A Fisher, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/364005