I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the October Sky event organized by Chaos1, where I gave a talk on ‘AI Transformation,’ featuring a deliberately provocative subtitle: ‘A Clash with Human Expertise.’ I opened with a 1945 quote from Vannevar Bush: ‘Consider a future device…in which an individual stores all his books, records, and…
With all the buzz around generative AI in business, I am lifting the cover on how GenAI is changing the way we do science. I was glad to give a talk at AWS’s event on Generative AI in Research. Key messages include References Zhu, L., Xu, X., Lu, Q., Governatori, G., Whittle, J., 2022. AI…
This one focuses on the evolving nature and value of human expertise. What should we teach and learn?
It was a great panel discussion on why we can look at responsible AI through the lens of ESG. My key messages are:
It was my absolute pleasure to deliver the opening talk at the AI workshop at the Australian Federal Police, where many senior executives attended. This talk differed from my usual presentations on AI engineering and responsible AI. I focused on the evolving nature of AI and how the roles of human and expert knowledge are…
I really like conferences where I can gain insights from experts in other domains. The SAP Metal, Mining, Mills Industries Summit was one such event. Hearing from some of the world’s leading experts about the intricate evolution of sustainability/ESG standards and their interaction with systems like the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU…
As an organiser of the Dagstuhl seminar, I enjoyed a week of roadmap setting for Software Architecture & Machine Learning. Here is the talk I delivered. Hand-written abstract for historical archive in the castle! With the successful implementation of Large Language Models (LLMs) in chatbots like ChatGPT, there is growing attention on foundation models, which…
References Zhu, L., Xu, X., Lu, Q., Governatori, G., Whittle, J., 2022. AI and Ethics—Operationalizing Responsible AI, in: Chen, F., Zhou, J. (Eds.), Humanity Driven AI. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 15–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72188-6_2 Lu, Q., Zhu, L., Xu, X., Whittle, J., Xing, Z., 2022. Towards a Roadmap on Software Engineering for Responsible AI, in: 1st International…
Recently, I had the great pleasure of participating in the Bureau of Meteorology’s strategy day, where we explored the transformative potential of Generative AI. Reflecting on CSIRO’s experience with digital science transformation and examining our industrial insights into how generative AI diverges from its predecessors was a truly fascinating exchange. I clarified common misconceptions and…
The Innovate to Grow program’s next round has been launched. This program aims to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in advancing their cyber security and digital technology research and development. EoI is due 15 May. https://www.csiro.au/cyberdigitech Here are some quotes from me in the media release. “The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large…
