The Turing Lectures: What is generative AI?

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Join the first chapter of the three-part Turing Lecture series: How AI broke the internet.

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<h2>Introduction</h2>In this series, we&#x27;ll explore the various angles of large-language models and generative AI in the public eye. Across three lectures, we aim to provide a comprehensive, thoughtful and engaging understanding of this rapidly emerging field and its impact on society.<ol><li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/675496075947" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Turing Lectures: What is generative AI?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/675523287337" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Turing Lectures: Addressing the risks of generative AI</a></li><li><a href="https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/675526868047/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Turing Lectures: The future of generative AI</a></li></ol>An access fund is available for anyone who would not otherwise be able to attend. Please contact events@turing.ac.uk to enquire.<h2>W﻿hat is generative AI?</h2>Join us as we will delve into the world of generative AI and explore what it is, how it works, its history and reliability. Generative AI refers to a type of artificial intelligence that involves creating new and original data or content. Unlike traditional AI models that rely on large datasets and algorithms to classify or predict outcomes, generative AI models are designed to learn the underlying patterns and structure of the data and generate novel outputs that mimic human creativity. ChatGPT is perhaps the most well-known example, but the field is far larger and more varied than text generation. Other applications of generative AI include image and video synthesis, speech generation, music composition, and virtual reality.In this lecture, Mirella Lapata will present an overview of this exciting—sometimes controversial—and rapidly evolving field. Mirella Lapata is professor of natural language processing in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on getting computers to understand, reason with, and generate natural language. She is the first recipient (2009) of the British Computer Society and Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS/IRSG) Karen Sparck Jones award and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the ACL, and Academia Europaea.This series of Turing Lectures is organised in collaboration with <a href="https://www.turing.ac.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Alan Turing Institute. </a>This is a theatre event where an online audience joins the speaker and audience in our theatre. For Theatre attendees, the address is 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS.The Royal Institution would like to request the demographic data to be provided to The Alan Turing Institute to allow them to monitor the equality and diversity of the audience for this event. This data is optional and will be separated from your name, contact details and other information in your booking. The data will be stored in accordance with the privacy notice of The Alan Turing Institute.By booking to attend events at the Royal Institution, you confirm that you have read and agree to Ri&#x27;s <a href="https://www.rigb.org/terms-and-conditions" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">event terms and conditions.</a>Image credits: Roxanne Desgagnés on Usplash

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Audience Q&A chaired by Hari Sood

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