MBZUAI president on AI careers and the real concern for ChatGPT: Business Extra - MBZUAI MBZUAI

MBZUAI president on AI careers and the real concern for ChatGPT: Business Extra

Friday, March 10, 2023

Originally published by The National on March 7, 2023

Professor Eric Xing, the president of Abu Dhabi’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, joins host Kelsey Warner this week after the university’s inaugural class graduated.

They speak on jobs prospects for the fresh grads, the less-discussed risks of ChatGPT and other newsmakers in the field of AI.

In this episode:

  • Professor Eric Xing on AI’s viral moment (0m 22s)
  • AI impact on academia (7m 08s)
  • The role MBZUAI plays for a competitive UAE (12m 30s)
  • Jobs and UAE sectors most impacted (17m 34s)

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