Week 7

 

Part One

    For our final research video project planning we collaborated through meetings and chats in slack. All the team members in our group are active and constantly giving ideas on how to tackle some process. We also shares some resources or websites where we get information for our research so our sources are almost similar. We all end up using Adobe Express for short video and will do PowerPoint presentation for the long video. For adobe express we are able to work on the project asynchronously in order to avoid blockers and we can focus on our sections. Overall the plan was moving on reasonable space considering we are using a new technology we haven't use before. I wouldn't say the process was smooth but it wasn't rough either. I believe this kind of collaborative projects will have some minor issues since each individual person has their own strength and weakness. It doesn't help that we own have different availability and will have to do our best to communicate and work on projects asynchronously. But since my team is cooperative, this issues are resolve quickly and hasn't become a critical issues. With our current ways and procedure, I currently don't see anything that needs to change for our next project. But as a group I feel that the best thing we can do next time is give more time in doing than planning. I feel like we spent too much time planning and less time on actually starting and executing it. On my end it is understandable because everyone is new to video editing and this kind of project. I can tell that the team is trying their best to cooperate and contribute as much as possible.

Part Two

Review ted.com video reflections

    For reviewing a video reflection from ted.com, I chose to watch "The catastrophic risk of AI - and a safer path" by Yoshua Bengio. The speaker emphasize on the potential of AI to become a tool to help but also concern the risks that comes along with it. He believes that the lack of human values and unintended side effects are the real threats of AI if not develop properly. One particular concern that he brought up was the lack of regulation. I find it funny and alarming that a sandwich has more regulations than AI. He believes there needs to be more scientific studies in AI in order to create proper control and regulations on how to proceed with it. It also doesn't help that most issue or talk about AI mostly negative. He believes that AI discussion should not always negativity and we need to have healthy discussion on how to properly approach to it. AI doesn't understand morality thus we must create regulation and public involvement should be part of AI development. Watching the video help me understand more about the responsibility of each individual have when it comes to AI. AI doesn't have to be the dystopian tool that we all should be afraid of because there is a safer path on how to develop it and that is where we should focus to.

As a future software engineer, reflect on the Harvard Podcast on AI's Perils and Promises:

     Much like the video I watched from Ted.com, the video on Harvard podcast emphasizes the benefits and harm that AI is currently doing and potentially might do in the future. It is no doubt that AI can transform our life in an improving way but it we must also consider all the possible harm it can cause. Basically, maximizing the benefits of AI while minimizing the harm. As a future software engineer, we developers carry a much more responsibility when it comes to building AI tools/software. It is important to put human values into engineering and building AI. It's not enough to build something that works but we must build a system that is align with human ethics and priorities. It is also important that we need collaboration from different people to help build proper regulations because engineers can't foresee all the consequences it might bring. The podcast remind us that building this technological breakthrough is not just for engineers to act but also the whole society.

Presentation skills reading/video:

    For the presentation video, I've watch this before but it is a good recall and review what the video is all about. His comedic approach I think helps people retain the lesson because it adds emotional value to the audience. Even though there is no general SOP for making presentation, the video successfully shows how important small elements can affect a presentation. For example simple animations can be a distraction to the audience hence people should avoid it. There are other elements that he mention in this video but in general, he wants people to learn that too much clutter is the not the optimize way to present something. Sometimes adding simplicity on it is more helpful. The same with the reading the article.The article emphasizes on having a proper balance between visual aid and the speech during presentation.

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