TEDx Editor’s Pick – How partial truths are a threat to democracy | De Kai | TEDxKlagenfurt
What if the biggest misinformation threat isn’t lies—but half-truths? Meet Neginformation—misleading facts that manipulate you not through deception, but through what’s left unsaid. AI, media, and human biases fuel this silent epidemic, shaping public perception and distorting reality. In this eye-opening talk, De Kai uncovers how omitted context controls the narrative—and how we can break free from its grip.
Deckers Brands – Keynote
De Kai delivered a keynote “Humanly possible AI: Where we’ve been & where we’re going” for Deckers Brands’ corporate event. Deckers, Ugg, and Hoka C-suite and upper management absorbed De Kai’s insights as a leading thinker on the emerging global implications of AI for business and society.
TEDxSanMiguelDeAllende – The biggest fear with AI is fear itself
In this talk, De Kai examines how AI amplifies fear into an existential threat to society and humanity, and what we need to be doing about it. De Kai’s work across AI, language, music, creativity, and ethics centers on enabling cultures to interrelate.
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.