Artificial Intelligence isn’t just for data scientists. In Episode 1 of WTF is AI?, we make AI human—with dogs, toddlers, Netflix, and pizza analogies that actually make sense. 🎧 A must-listen for professionals navigating the AI revolution.

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Reference List & Further Reading

General AI Concepts:

• Russell & Norvig. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
• Stanford’s “AI Index Report” (https://aiindex.stanford.edu)
• Google’s “AI for Anyone” Guide: https://ai.google/education/

On Transformer Models:

• “Attention Is All You Need” (Vaswani et al., 2017)
• OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 papers
• Illustrated Transformer Guide by Jay Alammar: https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-transformer/

Ethics & Society:

• Kate Crawford – Atlas of AI
• Ruha Benjamin – Race After Technology
• Timnit Gebru’s work on algorithmic bias
• AI Now Institute: https://ainowinstitute.org

Accessible AI Tools (Try it Yourself):

• ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com
• DALL·E: https://openai.com/dall-e
• Google Teachable Machine (for kids/educators): https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com

Vision vs Ultron. Who will walk away with the trophy?

Dive into the future of AI! In this episode of AI Innovations Unleashed, we explore how AI is transforming the workplace and why focusing on the next 5 years is key to staying ahead.

References, Additional Resources, and Readings

Books

1. O’Neil, C. (2016). Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. Crown Publishing Group.
   • This book discusses how algorithms and AI can perpetuate bias and inequality, making the case for ethical AI and responsible data use.
2. Brynjolfsson, E., & McAfee, A. (2014). The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies. W.W. Norton & Company.
   • A detailed look at how technology, particularly AI, is transforming work and the economy. The authors discuss the challenges and opportunities AI presents in reshaping industries and society.
3. West, D. M. (2018). The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Brookings Institution Press.
   • West offers an overview of the ethical dilemmas posed by AI, including bias, privacy, and accountability, and provides suggestions for addressing these issues.
4. Harari, Y. N. (2018). 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Spiegel & Grau.
   • A broad exploration of the societal changes brought about by AI, focusing on how technology, including AI, is reshaping politics, economics, and our daily lives.

Research Articles & Journals

1. O'Neil, C. (2017). "How to fight the dangerous rise of AI." The Guardian.
   • This article provides a critical look at the potential dangers of AI and the importance of keeping AI systems transparent and accountable.
2. Brynjolfsson, E., & McAfee, A. (2024). "The impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce." MIT Sloan Management Review.
   • A comprehensive report on the evolving relationship between AI and work, highlighting which jobs are being augmented and which are being replaced.
3. Raji, I. D., & Buolamwini, J. (2019). "Actionable Auditing: Investigating the Impact of Publicly Naming Biased Performance Results of Commercial AI Products." Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
   • This research paper highlights the role of bias in AI technologies and the need for fairness auditing to prevent racial bias in AI products like facial recognition.
4. Dastin, J. (2018). "Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women." Reuters.
   • A real-world example of AI bias in recruitment tools and its repercussions for organizations that do not consider the ethical ramifications of deploying AI systems.
5. Vaswani, A., Shazeer, N., Parmar, N., Uszkoreit, J., Jones, L., Gomez, A. A., Kaiser, Ł., & Polosukhin, I. (2017). "Attention is All You Need." Proceedings of Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS).
   • The seminal paper introducing the Transformer model, which has since become foundational to many modern AI systems like GPT-3 and other natural language processing technologies.

🚀 Dive into Episode 5 of AI Innovations Unleashed! We explore how AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity and fraud detection. Don't miss out!

References:

1. Visa's Scam Detection Initiative:​ Axios. (2025, March 11). Fighting scammers
2. Wall Street's AI Cybersecurity Concerns: Business Insider. (2025, March 11). Wall Street is worried it can't keep up with AI-powered cybercriminals
3. University of South Florida's AI and Cybersecurity College:​ The Wall Street Journal. (2025, March 11). University of South Florida Gets $40 Million to Start Cyber and AI College.
4. Russian Disinformation via AI Chatbots:​ The Times. (2025, March 7). Russian network uses AI chatbots to spread disinformation
5. Scammers Targeting Corporate Accounts:​ The Australian. (2025, February 15). Scammers chasing corporate account
6. FBI Warning on Phishing Emails:​ New York Post. (2025, January 22). These two words in an email are a massive red flag for scams, FBI warn

Additional Resources:

• SANS Institute Cybersecurity Training: Offers over 85 hands-on cybersecurity courses and certification programs, including topics like ethical hacking, incident handling, and penetration testing
• National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS): A federal initiative offering a comprehensive catalog of cybersecurity training courses, career development resources, and information on cybersecurity events

Further Readings:

1. Deepfakes: Get Ready for Phishing 2.0
   • Sjouwerman, S. (2022, December 26). Discusses the emerging threat of deepfakes and their potential impact on phishing attacks
2. AI-Powered Fraud Detection in Financial Institutions
   • Patel, S., & Kumar, R. (2023). Explores how AI is used to detect and prevent fraudulent activities in the financial sector
3. AI-Driven Solutions for Preventing Online Fraud
   • White, T., & Lee, D. (2023). Examines the role of AI in combating online fraud and protecting consumers
4. Fighting Scammers: Visa's Approach to Scam Detection
   • Axios. (2025, March 11). Details Visa's initiative to combat online scams through AI and other technologies
5. Wall Street's Worries About AI-Powered Cybercriminals
   • Business Insider. (2025, March 11). Discusses the challenges faced by financial institutions in keeping up with AI-driven cyber threats
6. University of South Florida's AI and Cybersecurity College
   • The Wall Street Journal. (2025, March 11). Covers the establishment of a new college dedicated to AI and cybersecurity education
7. Audio Deepfakes: Emerging Threats and Detection Methods
   • Explores the rise of audio deepfakes and their implications for cybersecurity
8. SANS Institute: Comprehensive Cybersecurity Training
   • Provides information on SANS Institute's offerings in cybersecurity education and certification

News Highlights:

• University of South Florida's AI and Cybersecurity College: USF is set to launch the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing, marking a significant investment in AI and cybersecurity education

Reference List

• Binns, R. (2023). Ethical considerations of AI: Bias, accountability, and transparency. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 52(3), 105-120.
• OpenAI. (2024). How AI is transforming content creation and productivity. OpenAI Research Blog. Retrieved from https://openai.com/blog
• Smith, J. (2023). The rise of AI tools in coding: How GitHub Copilot is changing the game. TechCrunch.
• Zhang, Y. (2022). AI in education: A tool for research and learning. International Journal of AI in Education, 34(5), 45-59.
• Marcus, G. (2022). The dangers of AI in spreading misinformation. MIT Technology Review. Retrieved from https://www.technologyreview.com
• Vinuesa, R., Azizpour, H., van der Lee, R., et al. (2020). The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Communications, 11(1), 233. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14108-2
• Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI: Mapping the dark side of artificial intelligence. Yale University Press.

Resources List

1. OpenAI’s Official Blog: A comprehensive resource on AI tools, models, and updates, including ChatGPT and DALL·E. Stay up to date on new releases, case studies, and research.
   • Link: https://openai.com/blog
2. MidJourney Documentation and Community: Learn about how to use MidJourney for generating images from text descriptions. Offers guides, community discussions, and tips for refining prompts.
   • Link: https://www.midjourney.com
3. GitHub Copilot: Explore how GitHub Copilot can assist with coding tasks, from auto-completing code to providing suggestions. It’s an AI-powered assistant for developers.
   • Link: https://copilot.github.com
4. Google Bard: Understand how Bard works as a conversational AI that integrates Google's search knowledge base, perfect for research and content creation tasks.
   • Link: https://bard.google.com
5. AI Ethics Resources by the AI Now Institute: A research institute focusing on the social implications of AI.
   • Link: https://ainowinstitute.org

Additional Readings List

1. "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy" by Cathy O'Neil (2016)
2. "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order" by Kai-Fu Lee (2018)
3. "Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code" by Ruha Benjamin (2019)
4. "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" by Melanie Mitchell (2019)
5. "Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust" by Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis (2019)

Reference List

1. Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2020). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (4th ed.). Pearson.
2. Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y., & Courville, A. (2016). Deep Learning. MIT Press.
3. Kelleher, J. D. (2019). Deep Learning (MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series).
4. Domingos, P. (2015). The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World. Basic Books.

Additional Resources

1. Google’s Machine Learning Crash Course – https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/crash-course
2. IBM Data Science Professional Certificate (Coursera) – https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/ibm-data-science
3. Stanford’s CS229: Machine Learning Course – https://cs229.stanford.edu/
4. Tableau Public – https://public.tableau.com/
5. The Elements of AI (University of Helsinki) – https://www.elementsofai.com/
6. Google Cloud BigQuery for SQL & Data Analysis – https://cloud.google.com/bigquery

Additional Readings

1. Gebru, T., et al. (2018). "Datasheets for Datasets." arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.09010.
   • Discusses ethical AI data collection and how biases in training data impact AI outcomes.
2. Ng, A. (2018). "AI Transformation Playbook." Landing AI.
   • A guide to how businesses can adopt AI, focusing on the role of data preparation and model training.
3. LeCun, Y., Bengio, Y., & Hinton, G. (2015). "Deep Learning." Nature, 521(7553), 436–444.
   • Covers the foundations of deep learning and how AI models learn from massive datasets.
4. Cathy O'Neil (2016). Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.
   • A critical look at AI bias, data ethics, and the real-world consequences of bad data.
5. Dwork, C., & Mulligan, D. K. (2013). "It’s Not Privacy, and It’s Not Fair." Stanford Law Review Online, 66, 35.
   • Explores the privacy and fairness implications of AI-driven decision-making.
6. Pasquale, F. (2020). New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI.
   • Discusses the ethical and societal impact of data-driven AI decision-making.

🤔 Ever wondered how ChatGPT, self-driving cars, and Netflix recommendations work? It’s all powered by AI & Machine Learning! In our latest episode of AI Innovations Unleashed, we break down AI in simple terms, share real-world examples, and give you top resources to start learning AI today!📢 What’s your biggest AI question? Drop it in the comments!#AI #TechForEveryone #AIExplained #NLP #ComputerVision #AIInnovationsUnleashed

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Reference List (Sources Cited)

1. Andrew Ng – AI For Everyone (Coursera)
   • A beginner-friendly introduction to AI’s impact on business and society.
   • Link: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyone
2. Google AI – Machine Learning Crash Course
   • Hands-on introduction to ML, featuring interactive exercises.
   • Link: https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/crash-course
3. Fast.ai – Practical Deep Learning for Coders
   • A free course designed to teach deep learning through coding projects.
   • Link: https://course.fast.ai/
4. Kaggle – AI & Data Science Competitions
   • A great place to practice AI skills and work with real-world datasets.
   • Link: https://www.kaggle.com/
5. Hugging Face – NLP & AI Model Hub
   • Explore pre-trained AI models for chatbots, text generation, and more.
   • Link: https://huggingface.co/
6. MIT Technology Review – AI News & Trends
   • Stay up to date with AI breakthroughs, ethics discussions, and industry shifts.
   • Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/topic/artificial-intelligence/

📢 AI is the future—and women are leading the way!

In this special #WomensHistoryMonth episode of #AIInnovationsUnleashed, we’re shining a light on the women revolutionizing AI. From historical pioneers to today’s leaders in AI research, startups, and ethics, this episode is packed with insights!

🎧 Tune in to learn about: ✅ The women behind AI breakthroughs ✅ Challenges still facing women in AI today ✅ What the future of AI leadership looks like

Let’s celebrate the amazing women in tech! Tag an inspiring woman in AI below! 👇

#WomenInTech #AILeaders #STEMEducation #TechForGood

📖 Additional Readings: Books & Articles

🔹 Books

1. 📘 "Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World" – Meredith Broussard
   • A critical look at the limits of AI and how biases emerge in technology.
2. 📗 "Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust" – Gary Marcus & Ernest Davis
   • Examines how AI should be redesigned for better ethics, fairness, and inclusivity.

🎓 Online Courses & Workshops

1. 🖥️ "AI for Everyone" – Andrew Ng (Coursera) 🔗 Enroll here
   • A beginner-friendly introduction to AI concepts and career opportunities.
2. 🤖 "Women in AI & Data Science Bootcamp" – AI4ALL 🔗 Explore here
   • Offers hands-on AI training for underrepresented groups, including women.
3. 📊 "Fairness in AI & Machine Learning" – Google AI Ethics 🔗 Learn more
   • Covers bias, ethics, and fairness in AI—a must-know for future AI leaders.

👩‍💻 Mentorship & Networking

1. 💡 Women in AI (WAI) – Global AI Community 🔗 Join here
   • A worldwide network of women in AI offering mentorship, funding opportunities, and career development.
2. 🔬 Women in Machine Learning (WiML) 🔗 Explore here
   • A support network for women in AI research and academia.
3. 🚀 AI4ALL – Encouraging Diversity in AI 🔗 Get involved
   • A non-profit dedicated to expanding access to AI education for young women and underrepresented groups.
4. 👩‍💼 AnitaB.org – Supporting Women in Tech 🔗 Join here
   • Hosts the Grace Hopper Celebration, the largest conference for women in tech.
5. 📡 Black in AI (for Black Women in AI) 🔗 Connect here
   • A network dedicated to supporting Black researchers, engineers, and AI leaders.

Who ya got?

Ultron vs Skynet/Terminator?

Jarvis/Vision against the massive Machines from the Matrix?

Who will prevail and make it to the finals next week?!?

AI isn’t coming—it’s already here. Are you ready? Whether you’re in marketing, healthcare, finance, or education, AI is transforming the way we work. But understanding AI isn’t just for programmers.

In Episode 1 of #AIInnovationsUnleashed, we cover: ✔️ AI’s impact across industries ✔️ Why AI literacy is becoming as important as digital literacy ✔️ 7 essential AI skills you need in 2025

Join Dr. JR & AI strategist Alex Carter for a deep dive into the future of work. Listen now! 🎧👇 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechPodcast #FutureSkills

📌 Beginner-Friendly AI Learning Resources:

• Elements of AI (by the University of Helsinki) – A free, easy-to-understand online course on AI basics.
• Google’s AI for Everyone (by Andrew Ng on Coursera) – An introduction to how AI works, great for non-techies.
• MIT’s AI Ethics & Society – If you want to dive into the ethical implications of AI.
• Harvard’s CS50 AI – A deeper technical dive for those interested in AI development.

📌 For Those Who Want Hands-On AI Skills:

• Khan Academy – They’re starting to integrate AI concepts into their lessons.
• Fast.ai – A great place for learning AI development without heavy math.
• OpenAI & Hugging Face’s AI Tools – Experiment with ChatGPT, AI image generators, and more.

📌 AI in Action – Tools You Can Try Today:

• ChatGPT & Google Gemini – Great for learning how to interact with AI models.
• DALL-E & MidJourney – If you’re interested in AI-generated art.
• Notion AI & Grammarly AI – AI writing assistants for productivity.