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URL:https://cds.iisc.ac.in/events/seminar-cds-102-february-28th-1200-noon-
 generative-ai-fact-or-fiction/
SUMMARY:{Seminar} @ CDS: #102\, February 28th\, 12:00 Noon :"Generative AI:
  Fact or Fiction"
DESCRIPTION:ACM-IISc Pullur Distinguished Computing Visitor Program\n\nSpea
 ker : Prof. Wendy Hall\, U. of Southampton\, UK\nTitle : "Generative AI: F
 act or Fiction"\nDate &amp\; Time : February 28\, 2025 (Friday)\, 12:00 No
 on\nVenue : # 102\, CDS Seminar Hall\n\n\n\nABSTRACT\n\nWe are all aware o
 f the wave of Generative AI hysteria that has rolled around the world sinc
 e the release of ChatGPT by Open AI in Nov 2022. AI researchers were aghas
 t and often side lined as leaders of the big tech companies made claims th
 at we didn’t recognise as reality and held sway with the politicians to 
 steer regulation and ethical debates to their benefit. But we all recognis
 e the amazing technological breakthroughs that have taken place in both th
 e big tech companies and university research labs to take us to the verge 
 of an AI revolution that if we manage it well will lead to profound breakt
 hroughs in science that we could not have imagined before. This talk will 
 look at how this story has evolved\, attempt to sort the fact from the fic
 tion and consider how we navigate a way ahead that harnesses the power of 
 this new technology whilst mitigating against the serious risks we face if
  the technology becomes more foe than friend.\n\nBIO: Dame Wendy Hall\, DB
 E\, FRS\, FREng is Regius Professor of Computer Science\, Associate Vice P
 resident (International Engagement) and is Director of the Web Science Ins
 titute at the University of Southampton. She became a Dame Commander of th
 e British Empire in the 2009 UK New Year’s Honours list and is a Fellow 
 of the Royal Society\, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the ACM. Dame 
 Wendy was co-Chair of the UK government’s AI Review\, which was publishe
 d in October 2017 and a member of the AI Council. She is currently the co-
 Chair of the ACM Publications Board and Editor-in-Chief of Royal Society O
 pen Science. She is an advisor to the UK government and many other governm
 ents and companies around the world and in 2023 was appointed to the Unite
 d Nations high-level advisory body on artificial intelligence. Her latest 
 book\, Four Internets\, co-written with Kieron O’Hara\, was published by
  OUP in 2021.\n\nAbout: The ACM-IISc Pullur Distinguished Computing Visito
 r Program is a joint effort by ACM India and IISc to bring leading interna
 tional computer scientists to Indian institutions. It is generously sponso
 red by the Pullur Foundation\, founded by IISc alumna\, Nirmala Jay Pullur
 .\n\nHost Faculty: Prof. Jayant Haritsa\n\n\n\nALL ARE WELCOME
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