OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT at the end of 2022 to the world with much fanfare. Millions of people tried it and were surprised and shocked at what it could do - write essays, summarise key points, generate witty poems, code impressively, create out of this world images and much more. Since then, reams and reams has been written, by all manner of people, about how generative AI will change society irrevocably, for better or for worse. In my talk, I take a different tack – which is to consider whether and how this new paradigm of computing can make humans think better and do more. I consider how we can go beyond ‘prompt engineering’ through integrating other kinds of interactions at the interface that can empower and engage people in new ways.
This is the A.I. at Melbourne Colloquium Series, a program of talks on the future of Artificial Intelligence at The University of Melbourne.
Stay and enjoy complimentary refreshments and networking following the event.
About the Speaker
Yvonne Rogers
Professor of Interaction Design, University College London
Yvonne Rogers is a Professor of Interaction Design, the director of UCLIC and a deputy head of the Computer Science department at University College London. Her research interests are in the areas of human-computer interaction and human-centred AI. A central theme of her work is concerned with designing interactive technologies that augment humans. She develops humane applications of AI and smart technologies that benefit and disrupt society. She was awarded the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Research Award in 2022. In the same year, she was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded the Royal Society Robin Milner Medal for computer science. She was also awarded a chair of excellence from the University of Bremen (2020-2024).
