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Speaking31 Aug 2025

AI panel on a dinner cruise: use cases, trust and what stays human

Oxford, Cambridge Judge, Peking University and KCL alumni dinner cruise on the Royal Albatross, Resorts World Sentosa, 31 Aug 2025

What was covered

Jeremy joined a four-person panel on AI at a dinner cruise aboard the Royal Albatross, organized by the Oxford Business Alumni Network, Cambridge Judge Business School, the Peking University Alumni Association (Singapore) and the King's College London Alumni Society Singapore. The audience was mainly Oxford and Cambridge business school alumni, with alumni of Peking, King's College London, Columbia, NUS, NTU and others. Fellow panellists were James Ong (Founder, Artificial Intelligence International Institute), Larabella Myers (Associate Director, Cyber Solutions, Aon) and Diana Low (Director, Financial Crime Analytics, Standard Chartered), with Monin Ung welcoming the panel. Jeremy, then COO of Lucence, shared AI use cases from his work, including slides on early cancer detection.

Photos

Panellists James Ong, Jeremy Au, Larabella Myers and Diana Low laughing together with the moderator on the lower deck, with the Oxford University flag and the speakers slide behind them
The panel seated on sofas on the lower deck while the AI in Finance slide is on screen
Jeremy Au speaking with a microphone in front of his slide on early cancer detection, with James Ong and Larabella Myers beside him
Jeremy Au speaking while a slide on the human and economic cost of cancer is on screen
Larabella Myers of Aon speaking beside the slide titled The Role of Risk Management in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
James Ong of the Artificial Intelligence International Institute speaking, with Jeremy Au beside him and the speakers slide on screen
Invitation to the Dinner Cruise on the Royal Albatross, Sunday 31 August 2025, organized by Oxford, Cambridge Judge Business School, Peking University and King's College London alumni groups

Key points

  • Date and venue: Sunday 31 August 2025, 5:15pm to 8:30pm, dinner cruise from Resorts World Sentosa; the panel ran about 6:05pm to 7:00pm on the air-conditioned lower deck
  • Format: each panellist opened with useful AI use cases and pain points from their own work (slides on AI in finance, AI risk management and cancer screening), then audience-submitted questions
  • Questions planned for the panel included whether an AI teammate will be as normal as an intern, which human skills will rise in value, why AI is not trusted to run unsupervised, and whether the 95% AI pilot failure rate is a technology problem or an absorption problem for companies
  • Jeremy took the question on why most AI pilots fail