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?

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Examples of Generative AI

What it means for you

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Applications

Foundational capabilities

Many applications built to wrap them:

Search

Customer service

Story writing

Workflow automation

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What it means for you

Nobody really knows

You can have fun

Jobs will change, appear and disappear

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