August 1 NCEAS Roundtable: Carlo Broderick

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Dear NCEAS Community,

Carlo Broderick presents the next NCEAS Roundtable, "The worst it will ever be:
and other musings on 'AI'" on August 1 at 3:30 pm. The talk will be followed by a terrace happy hour for those attending in person.

What: NCEAS Roundtable: The worst it will ever be: and other musings on 'AI'

Who: Carlo Broderick, Western Wildfire Resilience Index (WWRI) data analyst

When: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 3:30 pm

Where: NCEAS (1021 Anacapa Street) 3rd Floor Lounge

Join us virtually by connecting to:

https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/468789779?pwd=aklaUWYrNkNHMDduY2xEWDFyWU03Zz09

Happy hour to follow on the NCEAS terrace. Snacks and soft drinks provided. For other beverages, BYO.

Carlo analyzes and synthesizes data for the Western Wildfire Resilience Index (WWRI) at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). His current career interests involve scalable computing, machine vision, remote sensing and using generative AI to accelerate the spread of data science around the world.

Abstract:

“This is the worst it will ever be” is a common phrase in the emerging subculture around artificial intelligence (AI). It often is said after someone’s mind is blown by a new feature released by the rapidly advancing AI industry. It communicates the individual's excitement about the development of the field and the anticipation that whatever application of AI they are interacting with now will only get better, cheaper, or faster.

A year ago, a much younger Carlo Broderick gave a presentation on the state of generative AI within the field of coding and data science. Things have changed significantly since then and not in all the ways the younger Carlo had hoped. In this second annual AI update presentation, Carlo will take a more expansive approach to sharing the developments in the generative AI space with a focus on personal use, professional use, and mind explosion.

Neither this presentation’s biography nor its abstract were written with the help of generative AI.

Find more information about Carlo and his talk in the attached flyer.

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