Cornell Keynotes28 Touko 2024

AI Today: Current Trends in Generative AI Tech

Some business leaders believe artificial intelligence is set to replace human workers in the not-so-distant future. Time will tell. In the interim, advances in AI are helping professionals streamline their daily workflows in exciting ways.

In this episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast, Karan Girotra — the Charles H. Dyson Family Professor of Management and professor of operations, technology and innovation at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech — explains the current capabilities of AI and shares the most newsworthy updates about the technology. His conversation with host Chris Wofford covers:

Recent announcements from OpenAI, Microsoft and Google
Advantages Microsoft and Google have over OpenAI
Advancements in making AI more like the human brain
Integration of classification and generation capabilities
Improvements to reduce latency in generative AI
Distinctions between small and large language models
AI agents and the task plans they can create
Reductions in cost as the technology improves
Ethical concerns and unintended consequences
Science fiction’s influence on society’s understanding of AI
“Scalable dumbness” vs. sentient brilliance
Value of AI as a general-purpose technology in business
AI experiments and endpoints for businesses
Reducing anxiety and fear of AI among employees
Structures of change, innovation engines and intelligent failure

The Cornell Keynotes podcast is brought to you by eCornell, which offers more than 200 online certificate programs to help professionals advance their careers and organizations. Karan Girotra is an author of three online programs:

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