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URL:https://oxon.bcs.org/programme/back-chat-generative-ai-and-the-chatbot
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SUMMARY:Back-chat: Generative AI and the Chatbot Revolution
DESCRIPTION:\nProf Nigel Crook\, Associate Dean: Research and Knowledge Exc
 hange\, Oxford Brookes University\nOver the last few months\, Artificial I
 ntelligence has once again taken the world by storm. In the latest of thes
 e advances\, so called 'generative AI' technologies have enabled the creat
 ion of software applications such as DALL.E that can take natural language
  descriptions of scenes and generate realistic images of them\, and ChatGP
 T\, which is able to hold meaningful conversations with the user about alm
 ost any topic. In this talk I will give some insight into the AI technolog
 ies that underpin these applications. I will also speak from my own experi
 ence in building chatbots about the dangers that these generative approach
 es pose to the 'uneducated' user.\nA festive buffet will be served from 6.
 30 \n\nAbout Nigel Crook\nNigel Crook is Professor of AI and Robotics\, As
 sociate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange\, and Founding Director o
 f the Institute for Ethical AI and at Oxford Brookes University. He gradua
 ted from Lancaster University with a BSc (hons) in Computing and Philosoph
 y in 1982. He has a PhD in explainable intelligent machines and more than 
 30 years of experience as a lecturer and a researcher in AI. He recently p
 ublished a book entitled “Rise of the Moral Machine: Exploring Virtue Th
 rough a Robot’s Eyes”. He has been interviewed as an expert in AI and 
 robotics on numerous international\, national and regional media channels 
 including CNBC Squawk Box\, BBC Breakfast\, BBC World News and BBC Radio 4
 . His research interests include biologically inspired machine learning\, 
 social robotics and autonomous moral machines. Website: ntcrook.com\n\nNig
 el’s recent book “Rise of the Moral Machine _ Exploring Virtue Through
  A Robot’s Eyes” was published last year.\n\nHybrid Meeting\n\nThis ev
 ent will be held both “in person” and “via Zoom”.\n\n“In Perso
 n” Logistics\n\nThe “in person” meeting will be held at our new meet
 ing place: Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford OX1 2JA. The meetin
 g will commence at 7:30pm\, and an assortment of light refreshments will b
 e available beforehand. Please register for the event as usual using the E
 ventbrite link on the website or via MeetUp\, where you will be able to in
 dicate whether you are attending via Zoom or in person.\n\nCOVID-19\n\nBCS
  is following government guidelines and we would ask attendees to continue
  to also follow these guidelines. Please go to https://www.nhs.uk/conditio
 ns/coronavirus-covid-19/ for more information\, advice\, and instructions.
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