AI and what it means for you
What is AI?
Artificial Intelligence, software that learns from examples to carry out human-like tasks.
Types of AI
Discriminative
Looking at lots of examples and learning patterns to make decisions, classify information, predict outcomes
Generative
Looking at lots of examples and learning patterns to create new things
Why should I care?
Over-hyped and Under-hyped
Nobody really knows where it is going
Everyone is already using AI
Why me?
Building discriminative AI solutions for eco system restoration
This talk
Examples of Generative AI
What it means for you
Overhead shot of a small figure made of strawberry jam walking across a table
Air Heads
[by Shy Kids]
Ballad about picklefest, the tireless preparation of conserves in Faceby a village under the cleveland hills
Applications
Foundational capabilities
Many applications built to wrap them:
Search
Customer service
Story writing
Workflow automation
Transcription and translation
Copilot
Magic Eraser
[Demo]
Smart replies
What it means for you
Nobody really knows
You can have fun
Jobs will change, appear and disappear
There are dark corners too
AI and what it means for you
By Craig Loftus
