The Tools We Still Need to Build with AI

Watch a thought-provoking 58-minute conference talk from Emerging Tech East where Mozilla Machine Learning Operations Engineer Chelsea Troy explores critical questions surrounding generative AI and proposes solutions for a better AI-integrated future. Examine important considerations about training data sources, answer attribution, compensation for content creators, and incentivization of continued knowledge sharing in an AI-dominated landscape. Learn how software engineers, ML developers, and artists can develop tools and infrastructure to address these challenges, moving beyond both AI alarmism and unchecked enthusiasm. Gain insights from Troy's extensive experience in data privacy and scientific automation at Mozilla, her work maintaining the Roc programming language, and her teaching roles at the University of Chicago's Master's Program in Computer Science. The talk was presented at the 18th annual Emerging Tech East conference, a premier developer gathering focused on current and emerging technologies.