Professor Liming Zhu

Most creators say they want protection from AI, yet a recent UK survey found over 90% would not opt out of AI access to their work. Why? Today’s visibility depends on online discovery and search, and those systems are powered by AI. If you opt out, your work may be safe from AI training, but…

It was a great pleasure to deliver 𝗮 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗖𝗠 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. Recent reports such as OpenAI’s GDPVal and METR show that AI systems can now autonomously perform complex doing/solving tasks and often surpass human experts on…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 (𝗚𝗣𝗔𝗜) 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘆?• What if it isn’t just another “general-purpose technology” like computing, but a bundle of many specific-purpose technologies out-of-the-box?• And what if calling AI a “capital investment” is also a category error—when in reality it behaves more like inexpensive labour? Yesterday at the Cost-Benefit…