A Public Talk on Artificial Intelligence: Social Crazy AI

HKU-SCF FinTech Academy is delighted to have Professor Michael LOSAVIO as our speaker for this Public Talk. Professor LOSAVIO is an Associate Professor teaching in the Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. on issues of law, society and information assurance in the computer engineering and criminal justice disciplines.

Title: Social Crazy AI

Date: 28 April 2023 (Friday)

Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm (GMT+8, HK Time)

Venue: Lecture Theatre A, Ground Floor, Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU

Format: face-to-face only

Talk Summary:

The accelerated tizzy over Artificial Intelligence and its fellow travelers – machine learning, deep learning, neural networks – has the world ablaze in controversy and argument. The focus of argument includes:

– Will the good of these systems outweigh the bad?

– Will there be a balanced, reasoned response by society as measured in social practices, education and law?

– And who will lead that discussion, and how?

We discuss these issues of science and society as transdisciplinary engagement by all of us. Without our participation, the error rate for governance of AI and injuries from it will soar…

Speaker: Professor Michael LOSAVIO, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

Michael Losavio is an Associate Professor teaching in the Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. on issues of law, society and information assurance in the computer engineering and criminal justice disciplines. His focus is on law and social sciences as they relate to computer engineering, analytics and digital forensics. Courses include Digital and Computer Crime, Transnational Cybercrime and Legal Issues with Data Mining and Information Assurance.

He holds a J.D. in Law and a B.S. in Mathematics from Louisiana State University, Louisiana, U.S.A. He has lectured on computer law and crime at Perm State University and on cybersecurity for law enforcement at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety as a Fulbright Specialist.