CS Colloquium
Zhou Yu, Columbia University
Refreshments from Koffee Katering will be available.
Host: Smita Krishnaswamy
Title: AI Agents beyond ChatGPT
Abstract:
ChatGPT has significantly raised public expectations for conversational agents, with many now anticipating these agents to handle a wide range of tasks. However, deploying one single larger model with generalized capabilities with simple prompting is often impractical to complete these tasks. There are various issues in terms of accuracy, cost, and security, particularly in industry settings. Solving tasks requires a systematic combination of different models to form AI agent orchestration. In this talk, we will explore various approaches to achieve that through diverse techniques including Reflection, Monte Carlo Tree Search, etc.
Bio:
Zhou (Jo) Yu is an Associate Professor at Columbia University’s Computer Science Department and Founder of ARKLEX.AI. She obtained her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Yu has received several best paper awards in top NLP conferences and has won Forbes 30 under 30 in 2018. Dr. Yu has developed various AI systems that have had a real impact, including winning the Amazon Alexa Prize. Dr. Yu co-founded ARKLEX.AI, focusing on democratizing AI Agent building with GenAI developer tools.
website: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~zhouyu/