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Professor Yuan Xiaoming works in the Department of Mathematics at HKU. An accomplished mathematician and scientist, he was three times voted highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics. Professor Yuan’s main speciality is optimisation, and he applies this expertise in the field of artificial intelligence. In this interview with our science editor Dr Pavel Toropov, Professor Yuan explains the importance of mathematics in AI.
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Breakthroughs in AI depend on how good you are at maths

kklc Oct 29, 2024 5 min read

Professor Yuan Xiaoming works in the Department of Mathematics at HKU. An accomplished mathematician and scientist, he was three times voted highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics. Professor Yuan’s main speciality is optimisation, and he applies this expertise in the…

Generative AI will change how reality is presented in film
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Generative AI will change how reality is presented in film

kklc Oct 25, 2024 9 min read

The final project is a 3-5 minute short film, using different AI applications. They put all their AI skills together to assemble something complex, working with text prompts and reference images to create video sequences. The main Gen AI applications…

Professor Benjamin Becker studies the human brain. His innovative, cutting-edge research has been published in top journals such as Nature Human Behaviour and the American Journal of Psychiatry. In this interview with our science editor Dr Pavel Toropov, Professor Becker talks about the breakthroughs that Artificial Intelligence made possible.
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“From a brain image, AI can read out the emotion that the person is feeling”

kklc Oct 18, 2024 6 min read

“AI can help us greatly in finding patterns in this data. We recently discovered that we can use AI inspired procedures to read emotions from the brain. AI can find out if someone feels afraid or feels disgusted, for example.”…

Professor Lingpeng Kong’s research at HKU’s Department of Computer Science focuses on natural language processing (NLP). Before joining HKU, Professor Kong worked at the AI research laboratory Google DeepMind in London.
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“What was very difficult in the past is no longer difficult today”

kklc Oct 15, 2024 6 min read

“Do you feel that Chat GPT understands you? Microsoft Copilot? To a certain degree, I do, yes… I did not expect this just three years ago, but it happened. But is it true understanding? I don’t know. “- Prof. Lingpeng…

One of the world’s leading philosophers of AI is HKU Chair Professor Herman Cappelen, and his interview opens our Conversations about AI series.
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Can you fall in love with AI?

kklc Oct 10, 2024 12 min read

Does AI have beliefs, desires, plans even emotions? Does it want anything? Does it want to answer our questions? Is it capable of having a desire and goal? – Prof. Herman Cappelen A leading authority in the philosophy of artificial…

Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi

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Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi
Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi
Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi

Professor Chen is redefining the limits of AI-driven gaming – and using it to explore our past. … Read more

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One of the world’s leading philosophers of AI is HKU Chair Professor Herman Cappelen, and his interview opens our Conversations about AI series.
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Can you fall in love with AI?

kklc Oct 10, 2024