September 19, 2024 1:00 pm
Mark A. Finlayson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University
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Featured Presentation: What is Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Why Should Bridge Engineers Care (35 minutes)
Description:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm. But many remain confused and concerned: What is Artificial Intelligence really? Where did it come from? How can we use it? Is it going to take our jobs? And is it going to take over the world, Terminator-style? In this talk, I cut through the hype to provide a high-level overview of AI---it's purpose, origin, history, and potential future---and outline productive ways to think about how we can productively use AI for our benefit, both broadly across society and specifically in our own work. I examine the latest AI generative text and image models (e.g., ChatGPT), describing how they work and suggesting opportunities for how they might be leveraged by bridge engineers, all the while pointing out important caveats and limitations. We will leave time for questions and discussion.
Presenters:
Mark A. Finlayson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences
Florida International University
Dr. Mark A. Finlayson is an associate professor of Computer Science in FIU KFSCIS. His speciality is natural language processing. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in artificial intelligence and cognitive science (2012), the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT (2001) and the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1998). Dr. Finlayson is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award (2018), an IBM Faculty Award (2019), and a DARPA Young Faculty Award (2021). His work has been funded by NSF, NIH, ONR, DARPA, DHS, MITRE, IBM, and DOT, among others.
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1) We will review the history of AI.
2) We will discuss recent advances that have underpinned the new generation of generative AI systems.
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