Generative AI: Friend or Foe?

June 27, 2023
17:30–18:30 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

Generative AI has the power to transform entire industries, revolutionize job roles, boost productivity and open a new era of innovation. But it also poses challenges such as the disruption of entire industries, job reorientation and synthetic media that erodes trust. What are the opportunities and challenges of generative AI and what implications will it have for...
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Speakers

CX
Chen Xudong
Chairman and General Manager, Greater China
IBM
PF
Pascale Fung
Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
CL
Cathy Li
Head, Centre for AI Excellence; Member of the Executive Committee
World Economic Forum
WG
Wang Guan
CEO
Learnable.ai
YZ
Ya-Qin Zhang
Chair Professor and Dean, Institute for AI Industry Research
Tsinghua University

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