Editing Kevin Warwick (section)

==Other work==
Warwick was a member of the 2001 [[Higher Education Funding Council for England]] (unit 29) [[Research Assessment Exercise]] panel on [[Electrical and Electronic Engineering]] and was Deputy chairman for the same panel (unit 24) in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rae.ac.uk/ |title=Official website for 2008 Research Assessment Exercise |work=[[Research Assessment Exercise|RAE]] |access-date=27 March 2008 |archive-date=22 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422082524/http://www.rae.ac.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2009, he was cited as being the inspiration of National Young Scientist of the Year, Peter Hatfield.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121223043705/http://www.rdg.ac.uk/research/Highlights-News/featuresnews/res-news-youngscientist.asp National Young Scientist of the Year, Peter Hatfield]</ref>

===Royal Institution Christmas Lectures===
Warwick presented the [[Royal Institution Christmas Lectures]] in December 2000, entitled ''Rise of the Robots''. Although the lectures were well received by some,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7927000/7927557.stm | work=BBC News | title=Today: Friday 6 March 2009 | date=6 March 2009 | access-date=8 July 2011 | archive-date=3 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203102033/http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7927000/7927557.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> British computer scientist [[Simon Colton]] complained about the choice of Warwick prior to his appearance. He claimed that Warwick "is not a spokesman for our subject" (Artificial Intelligence) and "allowing him influence through the Christmas lectures is a danger to the public perception of science".<ref>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=156022&sectioncode=26 Cyber don shrugs off attack on credibility]. Timeshighereducation.co.uk (5 May 2016). Retrieved 14 May 2016.</ref> In response to Warwick's claims that computers could be creative, Colton, who is a Professor of Computational Creativity, also said: "the AI community has done real science to reclaim words such as creativity and emotion which they claim computers will never have".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~sgc/html_papers/colton_thes00.html |title=Cyborg Off His Christmas Tree |first=Simon |last=Colton |work=[[Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour|SSAISB]] |date=22 December 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040529075349/https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~sgc/html_papers/colton_thes00.html |archive-date=29 May 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Subsequent letters were generally positive; Ralph Rayner wrote: "With my youngest son, I attended all of the lectures and found them balanced and thought-provoking. They were not sensationalist. I applaud Warwick for his lectures".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=156487 |title=Letter: A Christmas cheer &#124; General |work=Times Higher Education |date=12 January 2001 |access-date=26 May 2013}}</ref>