RADIO AI - A Public Resource for AI Literacy (for Everyone)

How is AI using our data?  If you don't know, its time to find out.  In this episode of RADIO AI we continue from Part 1 on Data Privacy  and Data Collection (episode 4.2). Part 1 covered how, when and where  your data is collected in 10 key areas related to AI systems.  In this episode we take the next step and find out  how AI systems are designed to process that data. By knowing this you will elevate your knowledge of AI and be better informed to protect your data, voice an opinion, and have discussions with family and loved ones, even with a senator.  You will also discover some resources that you can turn to to learn more on legislation and self protection.

Mr. Telving has connected the dots between the ideas of philosophy, brain science and human behavior to reveal that there are important  consequences  in treating any artifact resembling real life with respect.   This is a crucial connection, he believes, because otherwise it may diminish our ability to treat real life with respect.    He thinks that with the introduction of human like robots into our world, understanding our relationship with them is the most essential topic of our time…and that denying our moral considerations towards them will not be easy.  He believes this will impact all of us so we should all become part of the conversation.   His theory is if we cannot wrestle with these, if we cannot come to some view on the right way to relate to them, then we will end up granting rights to robots.

OpenAI and CHAT-GPT have the world stage right now because it is the first time AI has been accessible to the public.   In this episode of Radio AI (4.5) you will find out how you can make an account and learn about some of the things you can do with it.  Special RADIO AI guest, Curt Hall, is an emerging technology analyst who writes for Cutter Consortium and is a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP consulting network.  He has watched how businesses adapt and use advanced technologies, including AI, Machine Learning and Robotics, for over twenty years.   In this episode, Mr. Hall explores how companies are beginning to use CHAT-GPT and other tools to extend their brand and design products.  Learn what you can do today and what to watch out for.    

This is the third in a series of RADIO AI podcasts on CHAT-GPT and Generative AI.  For more podcasts on this topic check out Episodes 4.3 and 4.4.

CHAT and the GPT large language model (LLM)  is changing our world.  Some say this AI moment is as important as the invention of the printing press.   Join us for another RADIO AI podcast (Episode 4,  Season 4),  when we find out more about CHAT with  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Natural Language pioneer, Professor Katherine Elkins. .  Prof. Elkins has worked on the LLMs (Large Language Models), the "brain" of GPT and lots of other similar systems besides GPT.   Prof. Elkins talks with us about  How was it built?  How  it "thinks"?  and even,  Does it understand the emotion of what it "reads"?       She explains how every story we tell has an "emotional shape," a topic she's written about in her new book, "The Shapes of Stories," by Cambridge University Press.

CHAT-GPT is taking the world by storm, with the most users signing up for any app ever: 1 million users in its first 5 days. Since its release, this AI app has created a business plan, generated an AI course curricula and even, generated code.   In this Radio AI Podcast 4.3, you will find out some of the essentials to keep up with the world changing AI breakthrough involving OPEN AI's CHAT-GPT.  You will learn what a language model is, what a GPU is, and how CHAT-GPT was created.  You'll also hear from MIT AI language expert, Henry Lieberman, who fills us in on not just CHAT-GPT, but a variety of models.  As he explains it, what AI really needs to do at this point, is "make more charming mistakes."  And he is right!   Join us for this fascinating and essential podcast on an amazing AI turn of events.

 Is Data Privacy a Mission Impossible?  Find out how your data is collected and how its used in Part 1 of the 2 part series on AI and Data Collection in Season 4 of RADIO AI with Dr. Cindy Mason, an AI researcher who is a member of the EP3 Foundation and the IEEE Working Group on Children's Data Privacy.  In this podcast Dr. Mason shares  10 surprising ways your data is collected from everyday digital devices - and what you can do about it . Its important to be aware the data collection because of the ways it can be used, especially with AI.    Dr. Cindy Mason gives us the lowdown on the devices and "free" ware that gather this data in all areas of our lives.  Content for this podcast is based on Your Privacy Taxonomy from the EP3 Foundation and Daniel Solov, a law professor from Georgetown University.   Part 2 of this RADIO AI topic focuses on how AI uses this data in Episode 4.3.

The FBI predicts deep fakes - using AI to create fake but realistic video, audio, and other media for the purpose of influencing us - is the #1 global threat facing us in our future.   As we recently witnessed a deep fake video in the Ukraine/Russia conflict, you will want to join Dr. Cindy Mason on a special RADIO AI invited talk about deep fakes and how to spot them with Professor Cristina Puente.  Prof. Puente is a computer science professor and AI researcher from Spain who works with legal teams and media experts on the problem of detecting deep fakes.   Prof. Puente presented the lecture for our podcast workshop this year at one of the oldest and most prestigious AI conferences - the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence/Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI/IAAI).

"RADIO AI's AI and Environment series continues with Part 2 - Its not "all about the data"!  When it comes to AI projects that work with environmental problems, there is a big deal about the people who use them!   And, unlike the rest of AI that is still struggling with the people factor, when it comes to Environmental systems the AI systems have always been about the people.   From explaining how a decision is made to  keeping it simple during an emergency operation to realizing governments, institutions and academic bodies need to cooperate to solve these problems Dr. Cindy Mason, editor and author of the unique new book, Artificial Intelligence and the Environment, says its essential and not an option, to put people's needs front and center in AI tools.     Hear about some of the latest environmental monitoring systems like Argo Float and find out the cool citizen tools available to see our planet, from planet dot that has 200 plus satellites orbiting the planet every 24 hours  to underwater webcams filming coral reefs and Oculus Rift.

This is the last episode of Season Three.
Radio AI will resume in the fall of 2021.

 In Radio AI Episode 3.5, Dr. Cindy Mason shares why AI is a SUPER TOOL for working on the environment.   In the episode you find out why.   Dr. Mason proposed the first U.S. and first international AI gathering of AI and Environmental scientists while working at NASA Ames and   she has just completed a book, "Artificial Intelligence and The Environment", on Amazon.    While working on the book she discovered that although there are many different kinds of environmental projects and many different kinds of AI  used in these projects,  across all these  projects, something is striking.   AI  is  a  SUPER TOOL.     The things that make environmental projects hard are exactly the things that AI was cut out for.   Find out more in this episode with Radio AI director, AI researcher and author, Dr. Cindy Mason. 

PS. Did you know, most AI and Environment systems use more than one kind of AI in their projects? 

In this Radio AI Episode 3.4, Dr. Emily Ury, an ecologist from Duke University, is haunted by ghost forests.   Using big rubber waders, insect protection and AI, Dr. Ury  and a team of ecologists   investigate these ghost forests  using AI to go back through time and space to find the patterns and extent of ghost forests.   Dead trees with pale trunks, devoid of leaves and limbs are the tell tale sign of saltwater.   Scientists call them "Ghost forests."   Emily hits the coastal trail in her waders and insect protection in North Carolina's Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, near the Outer banks where she slogs knee deep on a section of trail that is completely and permanently now underwater.   She saw evidence of forest die off everywhere so she sent up a drone.   But drone data wouldn't cut it, so they went to the sky.   The ghost forests are so big they can be seen from space.   Dr. Ury and her team used NASA and Google Earth's satellite data with AI to find out pattern of ghost forests extend all along the coast - from Main to Florida.  Using AI to find patterns over time and space it was possible to see the spike in North Carolina happened when there was a triple whammy - drought, then fire, then a hurricane, along North Carolina's coast.   Dr. Ury said their results could be a warning for coastal areas around the world.     Join RADIO AI special guest Dr. Ury as she walks us through her very special use of AI and remote sensing data to hunt for ghost forests.