【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2023 年5月 12 日東亞大洋洲區訊】 ─ 什麼是人工智能(AI)？我們需要害怕它嗎？我們如何運用？如何在日常生活中運用來教學？這些題目有待東亞大洋洲區社會傳播部培育學校的網上課程作出探討。
此研討會於2023年5月11日以ZOOM形式進行。除了來自不同國家的參加者外，還有來自巴布亞新畿內亞的Gabutu鮑思高技術學校、Boroko鮑思高科技學院、Rabaul鮑思高學校及柬埔寨社會傳播學校的學生團體一同出席。由蒙古社會傳播的慈幼會士Jaroslav Vracovský神父主講，並與東亞大洋洲區社會傳播協調人，慈幼會士Ambrose Pe Gabutu reira神父策劃。
Jaroslav Vracovský神父提醒參加者，應多關注人工智能自2022年下半年起的高速度及驚人的發展。他說：「人工智能可以比人類更快更準地解決問題。」他繼續說：「人工智能不只一種，卻是根據用途而分為不同的人工智能程式。一些參加者已經有使用經驗，但對我們大部份人來說，ChatGPT、Midjourney、Crayon或Whisper這些名字，仍充滿新鮮感。」
研討的第二部份，主要討論「機器學習」的引進。人工智能可以透過大量數據，累積經驗來學習。參加者有機會親自操作人工智能程式，輸入文字以生成圖像。在場也示範了一些簡單的例子，展示如何運用不同的程式及網站，增加數據——https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/，去了解人工智能數據模式，及如何進行訓練及實際使用。
研討最後的部份，是有關使用人工智能及運算人工智能程式上的道德層面。在這些新事物上，有很多關於價值觀、好處及危機問題等的說法，需要詳細討論。尤其關於科技的道德層面，我們正受著科技所牽引，而人工智能的力量，正帶領人們去作出抉擇。我們也需要了解，這對信仰與價值觀的影響，以及在未來數十年，對我們生活的影響。
一些參加者有這份意識，並已運用人工智能，而其他參加者則是首次接觸AI。一位參加者喊道：「這令我大開眼界，讓我看到環繞四周的人工智能的實況。」
Fr Jaroslav Vracovský sdb and Fr Ambrose Pereira sdb
Artificial Intelligence: challenge of our time
(ANS – East Asia – Oceania, 12 May 2023) – What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Do we need to be afraid of it? How can we make use of it? How can we use it on a pedagogical basis in our everyday life? These were topics of yet another online session of the EAO Social Communication School of Formation.
The session was held on the ZOOM platform on the 11th May 2023. Besides the participants from different countries, we had groups of students, from Don Bosco Technical School Gabutu, Don Bosco Technological Institute, Boroko, and Don Bosco Rabaul, Papua New Guinea and from the School of Social Communications, Cambodia. The session was animated by Fr Jaroslav Vracovský sdb, SC Mongolia and coordinated by Fr. Ambrose Pereira SDB, EAO Social Communications Coordinator.
Fr. Jaroslav Vracovsky SDB, made the participants aware of the push and the stunning development in AI since the later half of 2022. “AI has made it possible to solve problems faster and more accurately than humans”, he said. “There is not only one AI, but many different AI applications according to their purpose. Some of the participants have already had some experience with them, but for the majority of us the names like ChatGPT, Midjourney, Crayon or Whisper were quite new”, he continued.
The second part of the session was dedicated to the introduction of ‘Machine learning’. “AI can learn by experience and that is through lots and lots of data. The participants were given the opportunity to personally run AI programs generating images from text. Simple examples were demonstrated on how to add data using different programs and websites – https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/ thus understanding the AI data model, how to train it and use it in praxis.
The last part was about the ethical aspects of using AI and of the algorithms of AI applications. There is a lot said about value, benefits, and threats in news items. However, there needs to be much more discussion on the ethical aspects of technology, the choices that we are led to make and the power of AI that is leading people to make these choices. We also need to understand the effect on faith and value systems, and it effect on our lives a decade or two down the line.
Some of the participants are aware and make use of AI, while for others it was something that they were hearing for the first time. “It has opened my eyes to the reality of AI around me”, voiced out one participant.
Fr Jaroslav Vracovský sdb and Fr Ambrose Pereira sdb