Dean's Lecture Series: Artificial Intelligence Panel

Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence: A panel with tutor David McDonald (SF93), data scientist Curtis Johnson (SF89) of Sandia National Laboratories, Substack technology writer Patrick Anderson (SFGI20), and student Benjamin Scott (SF25), who co-leads St. John's study groups on AI and technology.

The public availability of chat-enabled AI tools has stirred apprehension, excitement, and speculation. Our four panelists (a tutor, a student, and two alumni working in AI-related technologies) will provide starting points for a conversation about machine intelligence: what it is, what it is not, and the ramifications of its use. Among the interests of the panelists are the limits of AI human-language interfaces for high-stakes applications; the possibilities for AI assistance in creativity; the relation of generative AI to the original human works from which it derives; and the significance of ‘low-tech’ education in an era of increasing automation.

0:00 - Introduction
2:05 - Curtis Johnson
19:01 - Patrick Anderson
30:41 - David McDonald
39:23 - Curtis Johnson
50:31 - Benjamin Scott
1:03:54 - Discussion

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