{"id":10732,"date":"2025-09-12T01:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/10732\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T01:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:18:16","slug":"uw-computing-expert-says-state-very-well-positioned-to-lead-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/10732\/","title":{"rendered":"UW computing expert says state \u2018very well-positioned\u2019 to lead on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The head of UW-Madison\u2019s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences says Wisconsin is \u201cvery well-positioned to be a leader\u201d in AI development.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, a professor in the university\u2019s Computer Sciences Department and a special advisor to the Provost on computing, spoke yesterday during a meeting of the Madison Rotary Club. He discussed the rapid evolution of AI and how UW-Madison can leverage its expertise across various disciplines to play a role in that process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a great history of innovation and putting innovation into practice in the industry,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a strong group of people that do machine learning, which is kind of at the heart of AI, and that\u2019s across departments. We have strong people who build systems and put what they do into practice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arpaci-Dusseau noted large corporations such as Google and OpenAI are pouring billions of dollars into AI development, \u201cbut there is more innovation to be had and we should be a part of that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also weighed in on how AI will impact jobs in computer science, noting he doesn\u2019t agree with the notion that the technology will entirely replace positions in this field. While AI tools are helping people program things faster than they used to, they\u2019re fundamentally not \u201cdeeply intelligent,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are trying to see, like, how much do the tools replace junior people? \u2026 I think it\u2019s very short-sighted to think that\u2019s a good thing to do,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While many of the school\u2019s computer science graduates go work for \u201ccore industries\u201d around AI, pointing to companies like Google, he added they\u2019re increasingly being hired by other businesses across other sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause what modern company isn\u2019t a technology company in some way?\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also referenced an ongoing effort to launch a new college focused on computing at UW-Madison, which university leadership is currently considering. Along with helping other key disciplines such as medicine, law, engineering, and agriculture adapt to the AI-driven tech transformation, he also pointed to possible efforts in the public policy space.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be thinking about how should we shape public policy in order to make sure that all of this technology lands on all of us in a way that\u2019s good for all of us, and not good for just a few,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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