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Future of AI
With generative AI tools like Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT in the spotlight, AI is having (one of its many) moments. Yet this is just the tip of the iceberg. What is underneath? What bigger developments are coming? What do you need to do to prepare? It is time to question some major assumptions. In this engaging talk, Toby Walsh paints a picture of what the future of AI will likely look like so you can take advantage of the AI revolution.
Read lessFuture of Jobs
Automation looks set to replace many jobs in the next few decades. How many jobs will really be lost? And what work will be left for humans to do? In this talk, Toby Walsh discusses some of the myths and misconceptions about the future of jobs and injects some realism into how AI and Robotics will change the landscape of work.
Read lessGenerative AI and More
Generative AI tools like Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT have caught the public attention. But what does this mean for your business? What are the risks? What are the opportunities? What do you need to understand about this technology and more importantly, how can you get in front of it?
Read lessMachines Behaving Badly: Ethical Challenges in AI
As we hand over more decisions to algorithms, and give more autonomy to machines, we have to worry about the implications and ethics of these new applications. There are many issues to address from fairness to facial recognition, and from phishing to intellectual property. In this talk, Toby Walsh discusses some of the challenges, as well as some of the proposals to ensure we build machines that act in ethical ways.
Read lessMany Fears About AI Are Wrong
Should you be worried about progress in Artificial Intelligence? Will Artificial Intelligence destroy jobs? Should we fear killer robots? Does AI threaten our veryexistence? Artificial Intelligence is in the zeitgeist. Billions of dollars are being poured into the field, and spectacular advances are being announced regularly. Not surprisingly, many people are starting to worry where this will all end. What should you make of all this? Should you worry? Are you worrying about the right things? And what should we do now to ensure a safe and prosperous future for all?
Read lessWhat AI Can (and Can’t) Do
AI is transforming our lives. What can it do? What will it do? What should we welcome or fear? It is clear that the next industrial revolution has started. However, there are many misconceptions and fears about where this will take us and if it will improve our lives. AI promises to help lift productivity, improve healthcare & education and tackle many other problems. But it also threatens many jobs, to transform warfare, and to increase inequality. Hear a frank assessment of the risks and the benefits from a leading expert in the area.
Read lessToby Walsh
Toby Walsh is a leading researcher in Artificial Intelligence and the digital revolution
Toby Walsh is a Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and a research leader at CSIRO's Data61. He also works as an external professor of the Department of Information Science at Uppsala University and as an adjunct professor at QUT. Toby has a B.A. from the University of Cambridge and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh, and received recognition from Australian newspaper as one of the "rock stars" of Australia's digital revolution.
Professor Walsh is a strong advocate for enforcing limits that ensure AI is used only to improve people’s lives. He has been a leading voice in the discussion surrounding killer robots, has spoken at the UN, as well as to heads of state, parliamentary bodies, company boards and many others.
Toby is an honorary fellow of a multitude of institutions for his research in artificial intelligence and service to the community. Inlcuding the School of Informatics at Edinburgh University, the Australian Academy of Science, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, the Association of Computing Machinery, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and the European Coordinating Committee for AI.
Toby can also be seen as an Associate Member of the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW. He was acknowledged on the international "Who's Who in AI" list of influencers, and his twitter account has been voted in the top ten to follow to keep abreast of developments in AI. He has been presented with numerous accolades for his impactful work, winning both the Humboldt Prize and the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Engineering and ICT. He was the recipient of the NSW Premier’s Prize for Excellende in Engineering and ICT, the Humbolt Award, the Award of the Association for Constraint Programming, and more.
Toby was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of AI Communications, and of Artificial Intelligence Research, and is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of the ACM. He has worked as Secretary of the Association for Constraint Programming (ACP), and is currently the Editor of the newsletter of the ACP, CP News. At the main conferences in Constraint Programming, Automated Reasoning and Artificial intelligence, Toby could be seen as the Program and Conference Chair.
Toby has given countless talks at public and trade events like CeBIT, the World Knowledge Forum, TEDx, New Scientist Live, as well as at writers festivals in various Australian cities. He can be seen making regular appearances on both TV and radio, and has been profiled by the New York Times. Toby is the author of three books on AI for a general audience including, Faking It! AI in a Human World, 2062, and his most recent, Machines Behaving Badly, published in 2022. Toby’s abundance of knowledge surrounding the world of AI allows him to captivate and inspire any audience.