Topic: Why the power users of generative AI will be in the humanities？
Speaker: Professor Nicholas Agar, the University of Waikato
Date and time: 15:00, September 6
Venue: Room 202, SEM
Host: ZOU Yawen
Abstract:
The World Economic Forum has identified Al prompt engineer as an emerging job category created by generative Al. Among knowledge required to be a successful prompt engineer is an understanding of how large language models work. In this talk, Prof. Agar will suggest that the most important knowledge required by a successful prompt engineer into an uncertain future comes from the humanities. The details of the specific Als may change—OpenAl’s ChatGPT is all the rage now but how might the dominant Al of 2030 differ from that? One thing we can be moderately confident about is the enduring importance of being able to formulate problems in a way the prompt Al to tell us what we need to know. Prof. Agar will offer some pointers from his experience doing this.