Anne Denton, NDSU professor of computer science, is slated to present “Artist or Geek: What is Artificial Intelligence and How Will It Impact Us?” during the AI and The Humanities seminar, hosted by the Northern Plains Ethics Institute, School of Humanities and Colleges of Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, Oct. 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Hidatsa room.
The AI and The Humanities seminar, hosted by the Northern Plains Ethics Institute, School of Humanities and Colleges of Arts and Sciences is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Hidatsa room.
Anne Denton, NDSU professor of computer science, is slated to present “Artist or Geek: What is Artificial Intelligence and How Will It Impact Us?” The presentation will highlight the social implications of new AI development.
We have decades of experience with automated systems that have extraordinary reasoning capabilities and can even beat grandmasters at chess. However, the newest types of artificially intelligent systems, like ChatGPT or Dall-E, are very different.
When used for reasoning tasks, like chess, they often fail hilariously. Yet, they may compose essays that can be mistaken as written by a human and images that win art competitions. The presentation will explore opportunities and concerns as they relate to different types of artificially intelligent systems.
Denton received her doctorate in physics from the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, in 1996 and a master’s degree in computer science from NDSU in 2003.
Her research in data mining of complex data has been motivated by applications in genome mapping, remote sensing of agricultural fields, among many others.
Currently, her work focuses on geospatial and ethics-related questions. Denton has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and has led projects funded at a total of more than one million dollars.
This event is sponsored by the NPEI, NDSU School of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, the Dakota Digital Academy and Tri-College.
The presentation also will be available online:
Zoom
https://ndsu.zoom.us/j/94102782850?pwd=aDZqL2s3ZHMvcGN1Y0NGMXkzMGEvUT09
Meeting ID: 941 0278 2850
Passcode: 407631
If you have any questions or comments, then please contact Dennis Cooley at dennis.cooley@ndsu.edu or ndsu.npei@ndsu.edu.
