ChatGPT: 'Next Big Thing' or passing trend?

Wednesday 8 March 2023
5:30 pm 8:00 pm 17:30 20:00

Bayes Centre 47 Potterow Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9BT United Kingdom (map)

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By now you will almost certainly have heard of ChatGPT, the AI chatbot which has some concerned for the future of work as we know it, and others viewing it as a “bullshit generating” tool whose output needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. ChatGPT can write marketing copy, produce legal contracts and answer near enough any question you throw at it with convincing authority.

But is it as revolutionary as the hype would suggest? Are schools and universities doomed, and should copywriters be looking for new careers?

Join Dr Gina Helfrich, from the Centre for Technomoral Futures at Edinburgh Futures institute, Alex Velinov, CTO at Tag Digital, and The Data Lab's Dr Alfred Tiley as we discuss - 'ChatGPT: Next Big Thing Or Passing Trend?'

Speaker biographies

Dr Gina Helfrich, Baillie Gifford Programme Manager (Centre for Technomoral Futures)

Dr Gina Helfrich is the Baillie Gifford Programme Manager of the Centre for Technomoral Futures at Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. She is Deputy Chair of the university’s AI and Data Ethics Advisory Board and holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia with a research focus in ethics and social philosophy. Prior to joining the Centre, Dr Helfrich spent 8 years working in nonprofit global technology and data science.

Alex Velinov, Chief Technology Officer, Tag Digital

Alex is CTO at Tag Digital, an agency specializing in Event PPC. Alex has 15+ years of experience in digital marketing and project management, working with agencies, in-house teams, and publishers. He's a futurist with a curious mind, interested in innovations, new tech, data, marketing, leadership, music, artificial intelligence, sound engineering, art, and everything in between.
Dr Alfred Tiley, Data Scientist (The Data Lab)

Alfred is a Data Scientist with an accomplished background in astronomy academia and a variety of experience in the public sector, focused on transport and healthcare. He holds a PhD in astronomy from the University of Oxford, and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Forrest Research Foundation, Australia. Alfred joined The Data Lab from the New South Wales Ministry of Health where he applied data science and engineering techniques to maintain and develop a dynamic simulation model used to evaluate the system-wide benefits of State health initiatives.