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About Vasant Dhar
Artificial intelligence has reached the point where it can make decisions on its own. The question Vasant Dhar helps leaders answer is when it should be allowed to. Dhar brings clarity to the most important areas of concern created by modern AI: truth, trust and governance.
Dhar is a self-described "pracademic," both practitioner and academic. His research spans finance, health care, media and consumer technology. "Early AI systems were designed to reason from the knowledge we gave them," he explains. "By contrast, today's AI systems are incredibly intelligent learning machines that are created more in our own image. As a result, they've inherited some of our worst tendencies like lying for deception and manipulation. It's vital for us to get our heads around the question of when we can trust machines to make decisions and how they should be governed."
Vasant's Keynote Topics
With today’s AI systems able to act autonomously, is it safe to leave them unsupervised by humans? How should we govern AI in business and society? In this important presentation, renowned NYU Stern School of Business professor and machine learning pioneer Vasant Dhar, Ph.D., explains the vital factors that must go into evaluating how and when to deploy and monitor AI tools. Through his charismatic, memorable style, Dhar brings clarity to the most important areas of concern created by modern AI. Audiences leave with accessible frameworks for assessing risk, creating practical governance initiatives and knowing when to trust automated systems, topics of the most critical importance in today’s brave new world of AI.
Traditionally, understanding an organization’s technology was left to the CIO, with other leaders taking a hands-off approach. But, according to renowned NYU Stern School of Business professor and machine learning pioneer Vasant Dhar, Ph.D., to create a competitive advantage in today’s brave new world of AI, leaders throughout an organization must become equal partners in their company’s technology conversation. In this revealing presentation, Dhar explains how middle managers can become more familiar with AI, its capabilities and what strategic goals should be prioritized. Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of what’s “under the hood” and how AI can create a lasting competitive advantage.
As AI systems become more complicated, how can we know when it’s safe to rely on their predictions and decisions? According to renowned NYU Stern School of Business professor and machine learning pioneer Vasant Dhar, Ph.D., to fully grasp the AI of today, we must understand how we got here. In this eye-opening presentation, he draws on his new book “Thinking With Machines: The Brave New World of AI” to reveal a risk/reward framework for today’s AI by investigating its evolution from the earliest systems. Arming audiences with strategies for understanding when to rely on AI’s “thought” process – and when not to – attendees leave with practical roadmaps for designing a future where humans and machines work together both safely and effectively.
Books by Vasant Dhar
Vasant in the Media
Why Fear of Displacement Might Be Overblown: AI, an Amplifier for Human Creativity
Will We Govern AI, or Will AI Govern Us?
Are You Obsolete?
Vasant Dhar’s Guide to Leading With AI
The Motley Fool Interviews NYU Professor Vasant Dhar: Thinking With Machines
Professor Vasant Dhar on How to Make Your Employment AI-Proof
AI Is Designed to Make Sense, Not Be Truthful: Researcher Vasant Dhar
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3 Ways AI Is Quietly Transforming Retirement Planning — and What It Means for Your Money
Could AI Smell Cancer? Science Says Yes
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