00:00Thank you. UP's AI Power Research and Innovation Conference is unique, it's different.
00:09Because in UP we have AI expertise, but we also have the AI power experts in agriculture, fisheries and livestock for food security.
00:22We have our researchers in education and governance, in materials and energy.
00:29And in health and wellness. And we think that these are the top priority areas of national development in the country.
00:36So we think that UP and some members of academia from other universities can come together to make a difference.
00:45Meet with government and academia and industry to come up with AI powered solutions to the challenges we face today.
00:57So I stress that the university is part of our mandate to lead in innovation and set academic standards.
01:05That's under the law. Of course it doesn't mean that we're leading almost every area.
01:09But in particular, as you're aware, very early last year we came out with the first ever framework on artificial intelligence.
01:18It's here to stay. But the most important thing about this particular activity today is networking.
01:23We want to create a community of AI practitioners, academics, developers and industry partners as well.
01:31It's about time that we have initiatives like this and this will be a regular picture of our initiatives.
01:36So this is also part of our public service function, which is to bring the academe to the wider market.
01:48Not to benefit the Filipino people, but if somebody else would like to add, what can this activity offer?
01:55Yes. So AI in the Philippines has been there for decades.
02:05We've been doing AI for decades.
02:10LaSalle has been doing this for decades.
02:12And also UP, more or less the same.
02:15They're ahead by a few years.
02:17So at the start, of course, no one was paying attention to AI.
02:21So it's like an esoteric field.
02:24But over the years, it has reached the point that we can now harness AI.
02:32And AI by itself is really an interdisciplinary field.
02:37So it's not just algorithms, it's not just programming.
02:40We have that, but then it's not enough.
02:43So it's time actually to sort of make use of AI for national development.
02:50We have many problems, we have many challenges in the country.
02:53And these four sessions for today actually cover four very important areas that we need to address.
03:01So we want to make use of AI to address present issues in health and wellness, energy, education, and agriculture initially.
03:17Next year, we'll organize another forum, another conference like this.
03:22We'll cover other areas.
03:25But the thing is, AI, without coming out in a formal forum or program on this information, promotes critical thinking because it enables us to use it properly to get the widest base of information.
03:47This information can only be killed by the correct information.
03:53So it helps us look at things, it helps in critical thinking, look at things from a wider and more objective perspective.
04:03So it's already widely used right now.
04:07And when you use AI on any other part of the discipline, you cannot just limit it to there.
04:13Because the use of AI is universal.
04:16It is a way of thinking.
04:18Whether you're looking at health, you're looking at materials or energy, it is a way of using technology and it can apply to everything.
04:27So that's it.
04:29We have no specific program on this information.
04:34We expect the democratic spaces to be filled up with electoral campaigns.
04:39What we want to do is aid in critical thinking.
04:43So I think in UP, we value ethics.
04:49So it's paramount in our education.
04:52And it should start from youth.
04:54And so in the university, we actually have a hundred books on ethics in TVUP.
05:01And the creator of this series is our TVUP Executive Director, Grace Alfonso.
05:10She's here.
05:12She's here.
05:13And we have a feature on ethics in AI in particular.
05:19It's true, this information pervades in all areas, all disciplines, all applications, not just politics.
05:27Yeah, not limited to elections.
05:29Not limited to elections.
05:30But we have to start from youth.
05:32We have to teach them the good values.
05:35What are the possibilities there?
05:39Because we can see that the teachers really benefit from it.
05:42There is also a benefit for the students.
05:44So, and the beauty of AI is that the teacher can save time because he can focus on what he needs.
05:54And the advanced students can also go first because of the help of AI.
06:02But, Sek, of course, are you worried about the use of AI for, of course, cheating and other...
06:07Oh, yes.
06:09Yes, yes.
06:10We really have a policy there.
06:12We really have to respect it.
06:14If the teacher said that AI is not allowed, we really have to respect it.
06:18And if we have AI, there are also applications that are like your police, right?
06:26They monitor if the child uses AI.
06:29So, our principals and teachers should also monitor.
06:35If the student is up-to-date, the teachers should also be up-to-date.
06:39But will there be regulations on the use of AI?
06:45Similar to the U.S.
06:47Yeah, I think we'll have to do that at some point.
