Stephy George who leads AI at Cognitivo joined an esteemed panel to talk about LLMs to talk about where the technology is at, its impacts, interesting research covering psychology, the major challenges and what's next. Language is very important, but it's just an interface to human knowledge.
It was my pleasure as part of the Fintech AI Innovation Consortium (FAIC) activities to moderate a panel session today at UNSW Computer Science and Engineering on Emerging Trends in Large Language Models (LLMs) Research and Practice. The panel participants were: Paul X McCarthy (UNSW): CEO, computational social science research leader, and author. Aditya Joshi (UNSW): Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Amin Beheshti (Macquarie University): Professor of Data and Director of the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence Sohan Aloysius Domingo (Fujitsu): Entrepreneur in the field of AI, ML, DL, Gen AI, Software, and Infrastructure Architecture. Stephy George (Cognitivo Consulting): Head of AI & Product. The session started with Amin giving a definition of LLMs, then each panelist described different LLM applications in education, research and industry. It was very interesting to see the breadth of applications and the challenges these new techniques are bringing amongst them scalability, cost and security. The conference discussions highlighted that significant disruptions are imminent in the field of education, driven predominantly by advancements from major tech companies. The panel consensus was clear: it's more advantageous to embrace this trend than to resist it. Big thanks to Prof. Sanjay Jha for initiating the event. Karen Corrigan, Laura Owen and the student volunteers - this event would not be possible without all your support. UNSW UNSW AI Institute