Artificial Intelligence – How to be Safe
Phil O’Brien Presenter, Maurita Harney, Facilitator
Phil O’Brien, from U3A Darebin, joined us to talk about how to be safe and what to watch out for when using Artificial Intelligence. Phil explained What is AI – machines that SIMULATE human cognitive functions: Generative examples – Google assistant, Siri, Alexa
Artificial: searching for similar using the internet and compiling information.
Phil explained how Artificial intelligence learns as broken into different ways (generally these two):
Machine learning – algorithms that learn from data – identify patterns in data as well as improving performance.
Machine learning Model, concept using several different perspectives to provide an answer.
Both ways use the following ‘tools’:
Algorithm – the instructions to process the data
Training data – trains the data – recognise patterns and make predictions. – examples are provided in the appendix. (only in the seminar, not in the write up).
Inference – will draw conclusions from the data
NLP – translation – microphone for txt msg, chat gp (example) , summarisation
Neural Networks – type of AI – mimics the human brain – MIMICS is very important to understand
Used in Healthcare – for diagnostic accuracy and Finance for detecting fraud.
Example 1 – Healthy meal plans and Meal Planning
Used for staying in your home longer – Smart home
Example 2 -Fall detection – notification to authorities using nominated contact list in smart homes.
Workplace – still finding limits!
Is AI Safe – Safety concerns – a VERY basic response was provided – however, no context was asked by Phil. The Australian government does have standard AI practices that are currently in place for for businesses to use AI here – it generally takes approximately 12 months to get the accreditation. Europe (EU) is ahead of the pack – with heavy fines in place if businesses do NOT comply.
STAYING SAFE
Organisations need to do this and so do we!
cyber.gov.au has a GREAT set of tutorials – we are encouraged to go and visit to ensure we stay safe. Phil spoke at about this in his last seminar, and provided the link the the Little Book of Scams, to be downloaded and followed. It is also in this seminar
Password Manager is encouraged to ensure passwords are protected – enable two factor authentication when offered. Phil spoke extensively about password managers in his last seminar.
Safe questions – and information needs more than a 50% chance of being real – in other words, make something up that has no real meaning. Don’t ask, where was I born, that information can be found in Births, Deaths and Marriages, as well as where you were born, or what your maiden name was, or your first year teacher.
DON’T PANIC if you think you’ve been scammed: Do research and validate see if it’s real – walk away and make a cool headed decision.
Questions were Wide and Varied – there was a question on whether Phil was real of an Avatar – we are encouraged to go visit him on Monday afternoon at the Darebin Station in Fairfield to see him in person.
I encourage you to watch both his seminars. This one contains slides that were NOT discussed because of time constraints but is still very relevant to what has been outlined above.
If you missed Phil’s talk see this one hour RECORDING.
You might also like a copy of the SLIDES that Phil used.