NLP for Social Good Symposium at University of Liverpool -- Closing Remarks

This is the closing remarks that I gave at the NLP for Social Good Symposium at University of Liverpool.

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1. NLP for Social Good Symposium Danushka Bollegala
2. Thank you! • 6 invited speakers • 160+ pa rt icipants! (online + in-person) • Funding/Suppo rt • Depa rt ment of Computer Science, University of Liverpool • Organisers • Procheta Sen, Tulika Saha 2
3. Why talk about Social Good? 3 Images created by DALL-E (OpenAI) h tt ps://www.vice.com/en/a rt icle/wxdawn/the-ai-that-draws-what-you-type-is-very-racist-shocking-no-one
4. Why talk about Social Good? 4 Images generated by DALL-E (OpenAI)
5. Is AI Socially Biased? 5 Images generated by Stable Di ff usion (Stability.AI) “Janitor” “Asse rt ive Fire fi ghter” h tt ps://techpolicy.press/researchers- fi nd-stable-di ff usion-ampli fi es-stereotypes/
6. Why talk about Social Good? 6
7. Why talk about Social Good? 7
8. I 8
10. My take on “existential threats” of AI 10
11. My take on “existential threats” of AI • What I hear… 10
12. My take on “existential threats” of AI • What I hear… • We will loose our jobs… 10
13. My take on “existential threats” of AI • What I hear… • We will loose our jobs… • AI will take over humans… 10
14. My take on “existential threats” of AI • What I hear… • We will loose our jobs… • AI will take over humans… • NLP is over (with ChatGPT) 10
15. My take on “existential threats” of AI • What I hear… • We will loose our jobs… • AI will take over humans… • NLP is over (with ChatGPT) • My PhD research topic is over… 10
16. What we (NLP researchers) should do 11
17. What we (NLP researchers) should do • Be realistic • Look at the real threats that would otherwise get overlooked because of the hyped threats. 11
18. What we (NLP researchers) should do • Be realistic • Look at the real threats that would otherwise get overlooked because of the hyped threats. • Be responsible • If you believe there is a non-zero probability of a risk, think what you can do to address it. 11
19. What we (NLP researchers) should do • Be realistic • Look at the real threats that would otherwise get overlooked because of the hyped threats. • Be responsible • If you believe there is a non-zero probability of a risk, think what you can do to address it. • Be optimistic • We will get extinct very soon… anyway 11
20. Al learns from its mistakes (unlike humans) 12