Albany – A report by the UK's Department for Education found that management consultants and business analysts are most likely to take their jobs through artificial intelligence, with manual labor less likely to be affected. But, a recent study of New York City executives and some experts say jobs will be simplified, not replaced, at least in New York State.
On Friday, CBS6 explored UAlbany's AI in the Complex Systems Lab, and how it is researching ways to make artificial intelligence more efficient and reliable. Mahsa Goodarzi is a 2nd year PhD Information Science student in the program and is currently collecting data in a variety of ways, but also has a particular focus in this area.
“I'm looking at fashion recommendation systems, and how they actually enable or reinforce bias,” she says. “A lot of people are having trouble finding the right choice for them, as the plus-size community or the disability community is struggling.”
So, she is currently researching the language in the AI modules' code to “better focus” in an effort to be more inclusive and accurate for each individual. Human interactions are important, says Abdullah Kenbaz, assistant professor in the UAlbany Department of Information Science and Technology, and sometimes need to stop the AI systems generating them from providing false information, or as he calls it, “hallucinating.” are
“You punish the algorithm by saying, 'That's not right,' and it tweaks and says to avoid that particular mistake that hasn't been made before, which is called reinforcement learning. It's creative.” AI is a huge part of the models,” he says. “Most of the time we develop new versions of these models, and then we update lists of those that don't … that accumulate over time, and we build flags around them. “
A study of NYC executives suggests the future is bright for students learning these skills, as Accenture reports that 92 percent of NYC AI executives will hire AI professionals in the next three years, including financial services, healthcare Sectors like services, energy and natural are included. references.
“The fear of AI taking over the industry and people losing their jobs… I believe we'll see that fade away soon as new lines of jobs emerge,” Kanbaz says. are.” “We need people to operate these machines, we need people to understand AI. We want to train machines to be able to do things over and over again, we don't have to do it over and over again.. . press it on the machine, it's capable of doing it 10 times a minute, 10 times an hour, whatever the frequency is, so you can do something else.”
The report, which surveyed 500 executives, says the government's role in creating AI regulations will be key to ensuring the technology is trusted moving forward, and that consumers feel comfortable using.
“I think it's going to be very impactful,” Goodarzi says. “Because I care about making a positive impact on society, and I believe that everyone finds joy in that.”