On the second episode of Talking Tech with Alex Zaharov-Reutt, my second special guest was Dr Nataliya Ilyushina, who is not only an RMIT Research Fellow, but a prominent researcher in the field of economics, the digital economy, AI and more. In her career, Nataliya speaks about AI and the future of work, blockchain, digital transformation for business, and is also amedia commentator, educator, keynote speaker and thought leader – you’ll definitely enjoy our video interview below!
You can watch previous episodes of Talking Tech with Alex Zaharov-Reutt here, on the fantastic TNTRadio.live network. The full second episode featuring my interviews with Head of Esports at Gold Coast Sports and distinguished RMIT Research Fellow, Dr Nataliya Ilyushina is here, but the interview with Nataliya is also embedded below, please watch, and read on!
In the video interview above, we started by talking about Nataliya’s article on Grok at The Conversation, and how Grok has which has made a name for itself by not only being Elon Musk’s brainchild, and not only in seeming to be as good as ChatGPT, but for also beingg programmed with a fun and rebellious streak.
Next, we spoke about Nataliya’s contribution to the Australian Government’s investigation into its Responsible AI Regulation bill and her involvement, while also looking at the reality of regulation – and the dangers of over-regulation that threatens the free market.
Elon Musk’s stated desire to be a free speech champion was examined, given the mixed reality of Elon’s actions in this regard, after which we discussed whether AI really would take everyone’s jobs as is widely feared – something Dr Ilyushina has very strong views on.
After musing on when AI will reach “artificial general intelligence”, and when we might see sentient humanoid androids that, per Isaac Asimov, would be indistinguishable from actual humans, we then
Nataliya shared her views on the range of AI and LLM (large language models), and which ones were her favourites, along with whether she had played with OpenAI’s custom GPTs – and if there was work at RMIT on creating their own custom GPT models.
Nataliya shared the best place to find out more about her work, which is at her LinkedIn page, and accepted my invitation to appear as a guest on the show again!
It was a true pleasure to interview Dr Nataliya Ilyushina, a person whose breadth and depth of knowledge on these absolutely cutting edge AI, business, economics and regulatory topics is so impressive and up-to-the-minute.
Please watch the video interview above to learn more, You can also listen to my Radio 2CC interview with Nataliya from Saturday 3 February, 2024 here – and it is also embedded directly below.
