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Kai-Lung Hui
Kai-Lung Hui is associate provost (academic development) and Elman Family Professor of Business at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His academic interests include information privacy and security, IT policy, fintech and electronic commerce.
Kai-Lung Hui is associate provost (academic development) and Elman Family Professor of Business at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His academic interests include information privacy and security, IT policy, fintech and electronic commerce.
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As artificial intelligence upends job markets and academic norms, we must go beyond the fear of change to redefine what it means to be educated.
Foundational tech is important but what people need and want will dictate the success or failure of generative AI and the return on investment.
It may seem that outsourcing tasks to generative AI like ChatGPT could increase productivity. However, it might actually limit the supplementary learning that occurs when people do certain tasks, so AI must be deployed AI with care.
Let’s not make it so cheap or easy for scammers to operate. Start by installing scam filters and raising the cost of mass messaging.
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The Land Titles Ordinance was enacted in 2004 to set up a new registration system, but has still not been implemented. Homebuyers and owners need a digitised land register, like those in other leading cities, to reduce disputes, costs and uncertainty.
Businesses, employees and consumers should all shoulder some of the losses to get through this difficult time. Meanwhile, offering customers simple value-added services, in exchange for those lost due to social distancing rules, could go a long way.
More than access to computers and high-speed internet, the divide is in what you can do with the access, particularly in critical times, such as during the mask shortage, when the digitally able bought them online while the rest queued for hours, risking Covid-19.
As more systems become interconnected, it grows more important for companies, their customers and employees to be aware of potential vulnerabilities. Protection is effective only if it is extended to all parties.
Recent stern actions by China and South Korea are understandable – the threat of criminal activity or bubbles means blockchain needs the hand of regulators. Along the way, though, we should not forget blockchain’s advantages.
The latest public opinion survey commissioned by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data shows that consumers are reacting negatively to person-to-person direct marketing calls.
