Quick Input AI for the Work World I recently did a consulting for the CEOs of a travel company in South Africa and prepared some slides for the event. In the end, I didn’t use them but thought it would
Perspectives on AI
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 34
From Asimov to Anthropic: The Evolution of Ethical AI Today we explored an exciting new approach called Constitutional AI that aims to align advanced AI systems with human ethics and values. Researchers are encoding principles like honesty, justice, and avoiding
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 20
Racing Toward Utopia or Dystopia? The High-Octane Ideas of Effective Accelerationism Today’s episode explored the futuristic ideology of Effective Accelerationism. This movement advocates hastening progress towards benevolent artificial general intelligence that could help humanity flourish. We defined key terms like
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 19
To Boldly Go Where No Algorithm Has Gone Before: Commander Data This episode explores AI ethics through the iconic character of Commander Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. We examine Data’s quest to understand humanity, including his limitations emulating
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 18
Prompt Engineering: The Secret Sauce for AI Success This episode unpacked why crafting excellent prompts is critical to get the most out of AI systems. Prompts act as instructions that steer the AI’s output in the desired direction. An effective
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 17
Predictive AI – Your Crystal Ball for the 21st Century Today we explore predictive AI – systems that analyze data to forecast future outcomes. We learn how techniques like machine learning help uncover patterns to make calculated predictions about the
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 16
Be My Eyes – How AI can help the Disabled This episode explored how AI is transforming assistive technology to expand accessibility for the disabled. We learned how modern AI enables advanced screen readers, speech recognition, facial/emotion detection and more.
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 15
Back to School, Version 2.0: How AI is Disrupting Education This episode explores how schools are adapting to powerful new AI technologies like ChatGPT that can generate remarkably human-like text and content. We discuss plagiarism risks and integrity concerns, but
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 14
The Terminator Movies: Examining the Intersection of AI and the Terminator The Terminator films have profoundly shaped how society thinks about artificial intelligence. This episode analyzes concepts like artificial general intelligence through the lens of Skynet, the malevolent AI in
A Beginner’s Guide to AI – Episode 13
Can Machines Truly Think? And Can They Pass The Turing Test? In this episode, we explore the AI concept of mechanistic interpretability – understanding how and why an AI model makes certain decisions. Using Instagram’s machine learning-based feed ranking algorithm