The shadows that follow the AI generative models

By Cheuk Ting Ho

Elevator Pitch

Generative AI models are a buzz in recent years, from stable diffusion to ChatGPT our social media threads are flooded with people trying them out. However, following these models are issues that we have to be aware of. Including biases, plagiarism and false information.

Description

In this talk, we will go through the most popular AI generative models recently, just so we can be on the same page. Then for each of them, we will explore some issues that arise with those models - including biases within the model that could possibly further reinforce stereotypes, copyright issues for articles or images that are generated with the models, the potential spreading of false information etc.

We cannot provide definite solutions to those problems but we will conclude the talk with some efforts to potentially solve the problem. Hopefully, by spreading awareness we can use these powerful models in an ethical way and get the most benefit from them while staying away from the potential harm.

Outline (30 mins total)

  • Introduction of popular generative AI models (5 mins)
  • What problems that we may have with those models (10 mins)
  • Efforts that try to counter act against the problems (10 mins)
  • Conclusion, discussion, Q&A (5 mins)