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JPMorgan names Raising AI to its renowned Summer Reading List, saying "a new framework for navigating Al's influence, this book is a must-read for anyone curious about engaging with the Al revolution responsibly"
Tatler says “This scientist warns that civilisation could collapse—unless we change how we train AI"
Science calls Raising AI “a bold vision", "thought-provoking", and "a timely wake-up call"
Forbes says “Last week, I changed my perspective. A big, change-your-behavior epiphany. In his beautiful, even profound, new book... AI luminary De Kai reframes the AI dialogue. They’re not tools, slaves or gods, they’re our children."
CNBC interviews De Kai about "Raising AI Right" with this week's release of his new book "Raising AI Right"
Literary Hub says "Fascinating and mercifully comprehensible to layreaders, Raising AI situates humans as the adults in the room and explores the ways in which we can and should engage with our 'artificial children.'”
TEDx names De Kai's "Neginformation" talk as one of a handful of Editor’s Picks from over 55,000 TEDx talks this year
Kirkus Reviews calls Raising AI a “deeply human dive into the AIs that are transforming our world”
⁠Raising AI tops The Next Big Idea Club’s must-read books
Foreword Reviews says "Raising AI is a compelling treatise grounded in studies of ethics and technology that charts a path toward greater understanding between biological and artificial intelligences”
Monocle Radio features "The future of artificial intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton and De Kai"

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UBS Investment Bank – Keynote

In an interview following De Kai’s joint keynote with Geoffrey Hinton at UBS’ flagship Greater China Conference 2024 in Shanghai, De Kai breaks down the potential for artificial intelligence to help overcome human bias.

“We are constructed by evolution to not see what we don’t want to see… and to find things selectively that we already want to believe.”

Watch the UBS interview.

NDTV @ United Nations WEDF – Keynote

While generative AI like Chat GPT have triggered worries about large-scale job losses, Prof De Kai an expert in artificial intelligence from the University of California, Berkeley says the AI revolution will be even more disruptive than the industrial revolution.  

The only way out, he says is to educate and empower oneself with AI tools and related skills. He also strongly recommends introducing AI to children early. NDTV’s Sam Daniel caught up with Prof De Kai at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia at the UN’s World Export Development Forum.

Dun & Bradstreet – Keynote

As disruption, digitalization and AI converge, businesses face challenges and opportunities on an unprecedented scale.

De Kai was keynote speaker at the Power of Data event to share his view as a leading thinker on the emerging implications for business and society. He talked on what is needed to build the business resilience to overcome a new world of challenges while embracing the opportunities that come with them.

TEDxChiangMai – The Paradox of AI Ethics: Why Rule-based AI Ethics Will Fail

Author of the forthcoming book “Artificial Children”, Dr. De Kai works across disciplines in language, music, artificial intelligence and cognition. A distinguished research scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, his PhD thesis was one of the first to construct probabilistic machines that learn to understand human languages.

TEDxKlagenfurt – Artificial Gossips

Remember that time, when gossips used to be human? Well, that time is over! Thanks to what is known as “deep learning,” AI-powered machines are mimicking the patterns of human behavior. Now, it is the time to teach the technologies making the right choices. There is a reason why Debrett’s HK 100 named De Kai one of the most influential figures of Hong Kong in 2015. His work is an amazing combination of music, language, intelligence and culture.