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The episode discusses the implications of AI ethics concerning knowledge control and its impact on education.

AI ethics is increasingly about more than bias, safety and regulation. It may also be about who controls the knowledge that AI systems use to shape our understanding of the world. In this episode of Beginner's Guide to AI , Dietmar Fischer talks with Peter Hardi , Professor Emeritus of Economics from the Central European University and a long-time specialist in business ethics, academic integrity and responsible management. Hardi became seriously interested in AI after seeing how universities were initially responding to ChatGPT. Instead of focusing primarily on detecting students who used AI, he argued that the more important question was how students and professors could use AI in ways that genuinely benefited learning and teaching. From there, his interest became much broader. To understand AI properly, Hardi went back to its foundations: mathematics, algorithms, probability, statistics, optimisation and the way these elements come together in modern AI systems. He also became fascinated by the language used to describe AI, arguing that terms such as "learning", "reasoning", "understanding" and "remembering" can make people assume that AI systems possess human-like qualities…

People in this episode

Host: Dietmar Fischer

Guest: Peter Hardi

Topics covered

• AI ethics
• knowledge control
• business ethics
• academic integrity
• AI in education

Keywords

• AI ethics
• knowledge
• ChatGPT
• business ethics
• academic integrity
• AI systems
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Central European University

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