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The Yuan retrospective on 2023 AI healthcare revolution
Game-changers
As 2023 nears its conclusion, AI is transforming and dominating healthcare to an extent that many are unaware of. From drug discovery to treatment and beyond, author, entrepreneur, and The Yuan contributor Dr Rohit Thanki puts into focus the kaleidoscope of AI applications in medicine and prognosticates their future course.
Rohit Thanki  |  Dec 01 , 2023
A forecaster’s foray into AI safety
Governance
The unchecked advancement of AI systems is a ticking time bomb. It’s time to regulate, writes superforecaster Tolga Bilge.
Tolga Bilge  |  Nov 30 , 2023
AI-driven unemployment grabs headlines, but is more myth than reality
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Potential mass unemployment caused by AI has led to much handwringing, but a closer look reveals a more nuanced picture, argues Keun Lee, economics professor and former vice chair of the National Economic Advisory Council for the President of South Korea.
Keun Lee  |  Nov 29 , 2023
Teaching decision-making involves objectives, rewards, values, policies
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The doomsayers notwithstanding, decision-making remains the exclusive preserve of humans and the day when AI usurps it is still far off. Prof Sergei Kalinin reflects on a GenAI-assisted year of teaching ML and draws on it for lessons for next year’s curriculum in this blog post.
Sergei Kalinin  |  Nov 28 , 2023
Efforts to regulate Big Tech are turning into an exercise in futility
Emerging markets
Most agree Big Tech needs some sort of regulation, but its situation is very different from that of traditional monopolies. University of Athens Economics Prof Yanis Varoufakis, ex-Greek finance minister and head of the MeRA25 party, probes the thorny thickets of tech regulation.
Yanis Varoufakis  |  Nov 27 , 2023
QC in AI prompts much ballyhoo, but also holds real applications
Domain knowledge
Fanfare abounds about quantum computing, but this is increasingly justified, especially as QC and AI integrate ever more closely. AI expert Prof Patrick Glauner of Germany’s Deggendorf Institute of Technology describes the current dynamic and forecasts its future course.
Patrick Glauner  |  Nov 24 , 2023
OpenAI’s leadership drama will have far-reaching repercussions
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The recent upheaval at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is causing more waves than one might expect from a mere leadership reshuffle. Tech entrepreneur and author Elliot Leavy investigates what this might mean for other tech companies and the future trajectory of AI.
Elliot Leavy  |  Nov 23 , 2023
The Yuan asks: ‘What can governments do to keep AI safe?’
Governments4AI
Recent meteoric advances in GenAI fuel fears of an out-of-control juggernaut and calls to rein in the tech before it goes rogue, with barely imaginable consequences. The Yuan will accordingly host a new article series next month themed: What can governments do to ensure safe AI?
Shifeng Wang  |  Nov 22 , 2023
Causal inference is especially important in AI prescribed medical treatments
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In this sixth installment of his ongoing series: AI Prediction, AI Prescription and Causation in Medicine, CUNY Data Science Prof Scott Burk explains the concept of causal inference and pinpoints the key reasons for its critical importance in the realm of AI and its applications.
Scott Burk  |  Nov 22 , 2023
The Bletchley Park summit on AI safety deserves two and a half cheers
Governance
There was a good deal of scepticism ahead of the summit on AI safety which took place at Bletchley Park earlier this month. Many world leaders decided to stay away, but the doubts about the organisers sticking to their more ambitious goals proved unfounded. For the first time, political leaders have publicly acknowledged the existential risk of advanced AI, and a global conversation is under way.
Calum Chace  |  Nov 21 , 2023
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Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova is a computational linguist who speaks seven languages. She heads two companies, Anacode and Equintel, that use AI to deliver cutting-edge business intelligence and guide clients towards smarter decisions, strategy, and execution.
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker is Professor of Marketing at INSEAD and the INSEAD Chaired Professor of Management Science.His research explores why existing theories governing macroeconomic growth and firm level competition yield unreliable forecasts of actual market outcomes. He introduced the idea that physical sciences should be directly integrated into macroeconomic studies.
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari is an entrepreneur, AI thought leader, author, adjunct professor, and TEDx speaker. He is the founder of Innovation Titan, a data-science thought leadership and advisory firm. He advises executives on data-driven leadership and helps organizations adopt a culture of data for decision-making.
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter is head of department and scientific director of digitalization and digital association development at Diakonie Baden as well as associate professor at IU International University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on AI in healthcare and digital transformation in the social and healthcare sector.
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme is chief executive officer of Funartech, an AI startup that provides creative solutions to complex industrial problems by combining machine learning and applied mathematics. He is a strong proponent of hybrid methods and approaches, in particular the hybridization of machine learning and operations research.
Shanen Boettcher
Shanen Boettcher
Shanen Boettcher is a former General Manager of Microsoft’s Startup Business Group, which oversees the innovation of Microsoft’s core businesses. He also holds a PhD in human-machine communication and AI from the University of St Andrews, and has experience operationalizing strategy, developing global award-winning products, building tools and guidance for high-tech startups at Responsible Innovation Labs, and working as a product strategist for AI21 Labs, a leading artificial intelligence and large language model startup.
Austin Lentsch
Austin Lentsch
Austin Lentsch is a policy fellow at MIT’s Blueprint Labs.
Tonny Huang
Tonny Huang
Manager at Kearney.
Betty Pio
Betty Pio
Partner at Kearney.
Keena Patel-Moran
Keena Patel-Moran
Partner at Kearney.