How is AI slop degrading human literacy?
About this Event
Speakers
Dr Kitty Hung
Agenda
- 18:00 - Doors open; networking over light refreshments
- 18:15 - BCS SPA AGM
- 18:30 (or as soon as possible thereafter) - Presentation begins
- 20:00 - End of presentation; pizza and drinks at BCS London
- 20:45 - Venue close; adjourn to the Old Doctor Butler's Head (or adjacent Mason's Arms if quieter) if desired
Synopsis
Defending human literacy: confronting AI "slop" and reclaiming our language.
Join Dr. Kitty Hung-Ejuje for a timely talk on "AI Slop" - how proliferating AI-generated content is eroding human literacy, vocabulary, and creative thinking. She diagnoses the problem: digital feeds recycling synthetic outputs that dilute original human expression.
The presentation explores the causes, such as over-reliance on AI, feedback loops of machinegenerated data, and the subtle ways prompt-driven habits train us to think like machines. Expectclear examples of linguistic flattening and cognitive atrophy.
Attendees will leave with practical steps to protect and restore human creativity: sharpen critical thinking, validate AI outputs, and intentionally produce rich, original "spark" data that keeps our languages and ideas alive.
About the speakers
Dr Kitty Hung is a BCS Fellow and CITP and a member of IIBA. She is also a committee member for the BCS North London Branch, Business Change SG and Consultancy SG.
She has undertaken a number of public speaking engagements, including speaking at the BCS, BBC, DWP, TfL, Association of Project Management, UK Tech Show, Nationwide Building Society and BA Conferences. Her book, entitled 'Business Analysis in the era of Generative AI', was Amazon's #1 Best Seller book in that field when it was first published in 2024.
She gained her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield, UK, in 1999. She has over 27 years of experience with a career spanning business analysis, project management and business consultancy roles at various prestigious organisations, including Cell Structures, London Business School, London Metropolitan Police, Capita, Raytheon Technologies, and AtkinsRéalis.
While writing her next book, Kitty is currently serving as the Technology Advisor for www.shenwoman.com to help develop an AI powered Chinese Astrology app.
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