The thought-provoking public talk will discover the capabilities, limitations, and moral challenges of AI within the digital age
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FIRSTONTARIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly remodeling how we dwell, work and perceive the world round us. On the forefront of this revolution are giant language fashions (LLMs), that are reshaping the best way we work together with data. However how precisely are these applied sciences influencing our notion of fact and actuality?
The FirstOntario PAC has proudly partnered with the Brock College’s College of Arithmetic and Science to current “In Search of Fact: How Giant Language Fashions Are Shaping Our Actuality (and How We Are Shaping Theirs!)”—a thought-provoking public talk that can discover the capabilities, limitations, and moral challenges of AI within the digital age. This Pay-What-You-Can occasion takes place on Friday 1 November at 7pm.
Led by Dr. Ali Emami, Assistant Professor of Pc Science at Brock College, the talk will share an enticing journey into the world of AI. By means of real-life examples and tales, Dr. Emami will delve into the stunning methods these fashions replicate societal behaviours—typically providing “obviously problematic” outcomes, different occasions delivering “impressively insightful” responses.
“We are able to use LLMs to interrogate and probe for data, and whereas we expect we’re probing a machine, we’re truly probing society,” Dr. Emami says. “LLMs act as mirrors, offering us a mirrored image of ourselves.”
One focus of Dr. Emami’s analysis examines how LLMs can uncover historic biases and reveal shifts in cultural views over time. On the identical time, Dr. Emami is working to deal with the gaps between LLM outputs and human behaviour, with a deal with creating extra moral AI responses. His analysis additionally explores the potential of LLMs to generate personalised, various tales that resonate with readers from all backgrounds.
“My analysis staff is exploring how LLMs will be harnessed for societal profit whereas additionally critically analyzing their limitations and potential dangers,” Dr. Emami says.
This occasion is an element of an ongoing collaboration between Brock College’s College of Arithmetic and Science and the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, aimed toward bringing thrilling developments in science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) to the area people.
“Informative public lectures, such because the talk Dr. Emami is main, is one of some ways we’re making STEM extra accessible to our area people,” says Dr. Peter Berg, Dean, College of Arithmetic and Science at Brock. “Artificial intelligence is a sizzling matter many individuals are inquisitive about. It’s my hope individuals will go away the presentation with an appreciation for what AI can probably obtain, but in addition what its limitations and biases is likely to be,” he says.
“Artwork and science are each about exploring the world via distinctive lenses,” says Sara Palmieri, Director of Programming and Advertising on the Performing Arts Centre. “By partnering with Brock College, we’re creating alternatives for the group to raised perceive how applied sciences like AI are impacting our society—and their very own lives.”
This pay-what-you-can (PWYC) occasion is a singular alternative for curious minds of all backgrounds to achieve a deeper understanding of the AI revolution and its profound results on our world.
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