Some business leaders believe artificial intelligence is set to replace human workers in the not-so-distant future. Time will tell. In the interim, advances in AI are helping professionals streamline their daily workflows in exciting ways.

In this episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast, Karan Girotra — the Charles H. Dyson Family Professor of Management and professor of operations, technology and innovation at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Cornell Tech — explains the current capabilities of AI and shares the most newsworthy updates about the technology. His conversation with host Chris Wofford covers:

• Recent announcements from OpenAI, Microsoft and Google
• Advantages Microsoft and Google have over OpenAI
• Advancements in making AI more like the human brain
• Integration of classification and generation capabilities
• Improvements to reduce latency in generative AI
• Distinctions between small and large language models
• AI agents and the task plans they can create
• Reductions in cost as the technology improves
• Ethical concerns and unintended consequences
• Science fiction’s influence on society’s understanding of AI
• “Scalable dumbness” vs. sentient brilliance
• Value of AI as a general-purpose technology in business
• AI experiments and endpoints for businesses
• Reducing anxiety and fear of AI among employees
• Structures of change, innovation engines and intelligent failure

The Cornell Keynotes podcast is brought to you by eCornell, which offers more than 200 online certificate programs to help professionals advance their careers and organizations. Karan Girotra is an author of three online programs:

• Generative AI for Productivity
• AI for Digital Transformation
• Digital Leadership

Follow Girotra on LinkedIn and X, and register to attend upcoming Cornell Keynotes in his AI Today series:

• July 1, 2024
• August 12, 2024

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