How do we minimize risks and maximize benefits in our use of AI, cybersecurity, and emerging tech?

​Almost every day we hear about new capabilities that technologies bring. The growing abilities of AI to generate human sounding conversations, make realistic looking videos, and summarize meetings are quite impressive. The integration of humanoid robots with Ai on the same neural networks can replicate human skills on assembly lines. Virtual and augmented reality bring immersive experiences and the potential to learn and experience life in new ways. All these technologies bring challenging choices on how we will use them as there are costs as well as benefits that need to be considered. In this talk we will look at the theoretical framework of protection motivation theory to understand how those choices are processed. This helps us build effective communications so people can make informed choices.

Dr. Shillair will share how she has used this framework to explore the choices that people make in their cybersecurity protections. This same framework scales up to how businesses are making choices on cyber safety practices and even how nations make choices in cybersecurity capacity building.

Join Dr. Shillair as she explores how individuals, businesses, and nations navigate these challenges and make informed decisions about AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.
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❍ About the Speaker:

Dr. Shillair is an educator, researcher, and entrepreneur focused on maximizing technology’s benefits while minimizing harm. As the Director of the Master’s in Media & Information in Michigan State University, she specializes in cybersecurity, digital literacy, and the digital divide, working globally to explore how technology shapes our society.

❍ Title: Communicating the unknown：Minimizing harms, maximizing benefits in technology use.
❍ Speaker: Dr. Ruth Shillair, Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Studies,
Media & Information, College of Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University
密西根州立大學 媒體與資訊學院 傳播與資訊碩士學程主任
❍ Date: March 28 (Fri)
❍ Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Lunch Provided ��)
❍ Place: Rm 417, Dayong Building (大勇樓417室)
❍ Language: English
❍ Open to all NCCU students and faculty.
❍ Contact: Ms. Maggie Hsiao,#67550, IMICS Office, imics@nccu.edu.tw
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