Presentation to the University of Virginia (UVA) leadership on AI now and proposed future impact.

1. AI+ NOW AND THEN
How Did We Get Here And Where Are We Going
Philip E. Bourne February 21, 2024, Leadership Meeeting

2. THE STUDENTS HAVE
SPOKEN
– Its here, it’s a tool
– A tool like never before
– How to relate to the honor code
– Don’t get caught up in the hype
– Wish professors knew more
– Want to know more about the
implications

3. HOW DID WE GET HERE?
– AI consumes data of all types: 90%
of the worlds data was generated in
the last 2 years
– Improved computer technology
– Breakthroughs in algorithms and
hence software providing persistent
models
A zetabyte is 1012 gigabytes

4. CONSIDER OUR FAVORITE
EXAMPLE -
– ChatGPT is one of many forms of AI – A Large Language
Model
– ”G” generative – ability to generate language,
images, video, code …
– “P” pre-trained – unsupervised learning on vast
amounts of content
– The training is done by neural networks that mimic
the brain – learning by adjusting weights of each
“neuron/node). Training stops when the right result is
achieved. That network is then a model that can
produce {mostly} the right answer from data it has
never seen before
– ”T” Transformers allow for parallel computation and
treats text etc. as tokens
ChatGPT

5. WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
The current deep neural networks are
equivalent to a rice grained size of the
cerebral cortex and we are yet to explore
most other aspects of brain morphology
Terry Sejnowski https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1907373117

6. What Does This Mean in
Practical Terms with AI+

7. LEARNING
A History Major
1817

8. RESEARCH
A Biomedical Researcher
The Holy Grail of Molecular Biology
Food production
Energy production
Drugs …
– Achieved by DeepMind (a Google
spin off) not academia
– 30 interdisciplinary scientists
working together not competing
– Compute power beyond a
university

9. THREATS
OPPORTUNITIES
Creating new but different industries

10. How Disruptive Will It Be?

11. THE 6 D’S (PETER DIAMANDIS)
Digitization
Disruption
Demonetization
Dematerialization
Democratization
Time
Volume,
Velocity,
Variety
Digital media becomes bona fide
form of communication
Deception

12. KODAK – A 6D’S CASE STUDY
Digital media becomes bona fide
form of communication

13. WILL HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF?
HIGHER EDUCATION
Digitization
Deception
Disruption
Demonetization
Dematerialization
Democratization
Time
Volume,
Velocity,
Variety
AI impact minimal
Models reach human capacity
Augmented reality, sensors
Quantum computing
Digital media becomes bona fide
form of communication
Learning modalities change
Knowledge workers must adapt
job market shifts
Robotics
Research practice changes

14. THANK YOU
Philip E. Bourne February 21, 2024, Leadership Meeeting

15. TWO DIFFERENT FUTURES ACCORDING
TO DALL-E