Beyond GPT - Knowledge Advantage Machines
The term “Artificial Intelligence” was coined by John McCarthy in 1956 to attract more attention to the planned Computer Science Conference at Dartmouth. Ever since, the society expected someday machines will do the manual labor and thinking for us and we will live in a society of leisure surrounded by unlimited number of “Machine-Servants.” Even after 68 years, we have not realized that Utopian Society. We may be closer than ever, but we are not there, and may never be. If we examine the history of science and technology, we will realize mere invention of a technology will not automatically improve the society. Machines that can do what we do must be invented before the promise of the inventions could be fully realized. Invention of steam engine did not automatically benefit farmers until machines like tractor and harvester were developed. Invention of electricity didn’t automatically impact society until the lightbulb, motors, etc. were developed. Recent developments in Generative AI and the possibility of developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has led to wild speculations on the future of society. In this talk I will discuss the concept of Knowledge Advantage and how it could be exploited by Knowledge Workers using Personal Knowledge Advantage Machines that are within reach.
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- Date: 25 Mar 2024
- Time: 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- 1306 Evansdale Drive
- Morgantown, West Virginia
- United States 26506
- Building: Engineering Sciences Building
- Room Number: G102
- Starts 07 March 2024 12:00 AM
- Ends 24 March 2024 05:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
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Ramana Reddy
Biography:
Dr. Y.V. (Ramana) Reddy is a professor of Computer Science at West Virginia University (WVU). He created the first AI Lab in 1981 which gave rise to two successful start-up companies acquired by Fortune 100 companies. His team at the AI Lab and later at the DARPA funded Concurrent Engineering Research Center (CERC) demonstrated how AI could be used in designing complex industrial products. Later, under the DARPA Dual Use Technology Initiative, in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine, CERC demonstrated the first Web-Based Electronic Medical Record – even before Web Browsers were commonplace. Professor Reddy is now focused on creating a framework for building Knowledge Advantage Machines. He is also involved in realizing Healthy Longevity through exploitation of Robotics and Knowledge Advantage.