AI as a Personal Advisor: Potential and Implications

Explore the potential of AI as a supportive advisor and its impact on education in this 20-minute talk by Ulf Hermjakob, a computer scientist at USC Information Sciences Institute. Discover how developing empathy for AI could be beneficial in certain scenarios and gain insights into the unexpected spread of AI across various fields. Learn about Hermjakob's experiences as a teacher, including AI's influence on student learning and his vision for improved AI education. Examine the speaker's journey in AI research, including a moment of self-correction, and understand how his work aims to enhance human understanding and increase access to online information.

“AI could be an advisor to someone who does not have a support system”