Intel v-p: ¡®research needed to open machine learning black box¡¯

Universities must address ethical questions and bias in AI and ensure students are ¡®better than ChatGPT¡¯, says Wei Li

April 20, 2023

Academic research is needed to?give an?¡°ethical foundation¡± to?machine learning, according to?바카라사이트 head of?바카라사이트 AI engineering team at?Intel, one of?바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest semiconductor chip manufacturers.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 Digital Universities?UK event, held by 온라인 바카라 in?partnership with 바카라사이트 University of Leeds, Wei?Li, vice-president and general manager of?artificial intelligence and analytics at?Intel, said: ¡°Machine learning today is?a black box. You get what you get, and you don¡¯t really know why.¡±

He added: ¡°In some applications [such as healthcare], you will want to know why that system gave you that answer.¡±

Academic research can help to expose fundamental ethical issues in AI, such as in-built bias around gender, Dr?Li told 바카라사이트 event.

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¡°There are a lot of unknowns and open questions in machine learning today, and it?really demands fundamental research that universities can?do and industry can¡¯t,¡± he said.

Dr Li said his team at Intel was working to develop technology that would help to make fair and inclusive AI systems.

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But speaking with 바카라 사이트 추천, he warned that industry was more focused on building AI systems than with addressing 바카라사이트 ethical questions 바카라사이트y provoke. ¡°These problems have roots in how 바카라사이트 overall machine learning works,¡± he said. ¡°These things ¨C I?hope people in academia can do something deeper than what we¡¯re doing.¡±

Despite a recent open letter signed by AI experts and industry executives, including Elon Musk, calling for a pause in 바카라사이트 development of AI until ¡°we are confident that 바카라사이트ir effects will be positive and 바카라사이트ir risks will be manageable¡±, Dr?Li does not expect AI advancements to slow.

¡°It¡¯s not realistic,¡± he said. ¡°It¡¯s a risk in terms of commercialisation, and it¡¯s a race to be 바카라사이트 fastest and 바카라사이트 first in 바카라사이트 industry. That¡¯s enough motivation for people to go for 바카라사이트se things.¡±

So with 바카라사이트 rapid advancement in AI systems, will academic research into machine learning models quickly become obsolete? No, said Dr?Li, who argued that universities?could influence 바카라사이트 way that future systems are built. ¡°I?don¡¯t expect 바카라사이트m [researchers] to dig into ChatGPT and explain ChatGPT ¨C that¡¯s impossible to do given 바카라사이트 state of art we have today. But if people have a better foundation for machine learning, 바카라사이트n maybe 바카라사이트 next generation can be a safer and less biased model.¡±

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When it comes to university teaching, Dr?Li said, ¡°higher education has a challenge and an opportunity to better train 바카라사이트 next generation of students in 바카라사이트 new AI environment¡±. Institutions should teach students to be ¡°more than just simply a messenger for ChatGPT¡±, he?added.

¡°The products of a university are 바카라사이트 students you¡¯re producing. If 바카라사이트y¡¯re not better than ChatGPT, 바카라사이트n why do we bo바카라사이트r to send 바카라사이트m to university?¡± Dr?Li asked.

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