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Kartik draws on his experiences designing algorithms professionally–as well as on history, computer science, and psychology–to explore how algorithms work and why they occasionally go rogue, what drives our trust in them, and the many ramifications of algorithmic decision-making. And he gives us a route in, pointing out that algorithms often think a lot like their creators–that is, like you and me.
He examines how companies like Google have reinvented themselves around AI and how the same principles used by Google are applicable with your enterprise as well. He is a cofounder of SmartyPal Inc. He has served on the advisory boards of Milo (acq. Outside of Wharton, he likes to make short films and start companies.
TOPICS & FORMATS
Kartik offers several different presentations designed for a corporate audience.
Generative AI, Creativity, and Humanity
Generative AI — such as ChatGPT — might change everything we know about knowledge, research, and content creation.
He is a ten-time recipient of MBA or Undergraduate teaching excellence awards at the Wharton School. He makes the compelling case that we need to arm ourselves with a better, deeper, more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of algorithmic thinking.
He has invested in or served on the advisory boards of over a dozen venture-backed startups. Kartik’s research work focuses on the digital economy, in particular the impact of analytics and AI algorithms on consumers, business, and society, digital media and marketing, and e-commerce. At the heart of this talk is the following central question: How can we pursue our entrepreneurial passions without compromising our values and happiness?
He currently serves as a department editor at the journal Management Science.
Education
Kartik graduated at the top of his class with a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering and a Masters in Information Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS, Pilani), India, and he has an MPhil in Management Science and a PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.
His research has received several best paper awards. Kartik was a co-host of the SiriusXM show The Digital Hour. Yodle was listed by Inc. Magazine among America’s fastest growing private companies. As AI starts to automate cognitive tasks like writing and artwork, it is worth asking “what is creativity?” and “what is its association with intelligence?” This talk will provide a concise introduction to generative AI and explore the broader implications of Generative AI on business and society.
He is the author of A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence.
Tech Entrepreneur
Kartik has been recognized as one of the world’s top 40 business professors. In this talk, Kartik draws on his own experiences designing AI applications for business and shares why AI is a radical paradigm change that most companies will struggle with and how businesses can successfully transform themselves around this new phenomenon.
Or reshape the workforce and the skills employees need to thrive. He examines how companies like Google have reinvented themselves around AI and how the same principles used by Google are applicable with your enterprise as well.
Videos
Kartik Hosanagar Speaker Biography
Technology Entrepreneur, Machine Intelligence Authority, and Professor of Technology, Digital Business and Marketing at The Wharton School
Kartik Hosanagar is a tech entrepreneur and the John C.
Hower Professor of Technology and Digital Business and a Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His proposal for an Algorithmic Bill of Rights needs to be acted on at the earliest!”
—Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys
“AI is finally here, from guiding us home on Waze, to helping us choose a restaurant, a book or a job.
They will fail not because AI is all hype, but because companies are approaching AI-driven innovation incorrectly. He is a ten-time recipient of MBA or Undergraduate teaching excellence awards at the Wharton School.