主持人:Brian Wong and John Bruce
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On this programme, we first speak with the director of the first Wealth Management Academy led by the University of Hong Kong Business School on how to nurture the next generation of wealth management professionals, while fostering knowledge exchange across the industry.
Then, a doctor tells us how elderly patients suffering from dementia and cognitive decline can become less agitated after listening to their favourite songs.
After the break, we turn our attention to AI as a former Anthropic researcher warned that the unchecked race to build self-improving super intelligence could destroy humanity by the end of the decade.
And to wrap up the show, we look into a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong that uncovered how the brain dynamically manages and reorganises its neural resources when learning to multitask.
9:05am-9:20am:HKU launches Wealth Management Academy
Speaker:
Prof. Anna Wong, Director of the Wealth Management Academy, Business School, The University of Hong Kong
9:20am-9:30am:Study on dementia and songs
Speaker:
Dr Yip Wai-man, Chief of Service at the Department of Medicine and Geriatics, Tai Po Hospital
9:32am-9:49am: Coul AI destroy humanity?
Speaker:
Joshua Chu, Co-Chair of the Hong Kong Web3 Association
9:50am-10:00am: CityU v CUHK brain multitasking study
Speaker:
Ke Ya, Professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yung Wing-ho, Chair Professor at the Department of Neuroscience, City University of Hong Kong
主持人:Brian Wong and John Bruce
On this programme, we "bounce" into action with a closer look at the government's recent move to suspend the launch of basketball betting, citing the emergence of prediction markets as a potential gateway to illegal gambling.
After that, we hear from a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong's faculty of medicine that found significant regional, age, and gender disparities in head and neck cancer incidence.
After the break, we talk to a lawmaker on the Labour Department's decision to include monitoring stations in nine more locations to better decide whether to issue a Heat Stress at Work Warning.
And to wrap up the programme, our AI consultant tells us how Meta is building an AI clone of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees in his stead.
9:05am-9:20am: Basketball betting on hold
Speaker:
Johnny Ng, Lawmaker
9:20am-9:30am: CUHK head and neck cancer study
Speaker:
Dr. Jason Huang, study author and Assistant Professor from The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
9:32am-9-45am: Improved Heat Stress at Work Warning system
Speaker:
Lam Chun-sing, Lawmaker
9:45am-10:00am: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's AI clone
Speaker:
Raj Shroff, AI consultant