Yuxuan Wu

Yuxuan has a general interest on issues related to New Technologies and Work and Employment. Her research is normally phenomenon-driven and adopts a pragmatism in theory choice. Her PhD research focuses on the application of Machine Learning in Health work and its implications for the practitioners’ professions.

Yuxuan also maintains a keen curiosity about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on diverse aspects of society. For instance, the recent advancements in generative AI models have opened up new possibilities for optimising numerous elements, including musical performances. Being reconstructed by AI models, pre-recorded soundtracks could be enhanced to perfection in terms of both instrumental and vocal performance. However, it's rare to find discussions suggesting that live performances will become obsolete. Even with the availability of tools like Auto-Tune, skilled instrumentalists and vocalists retain their competitive edge. This raises intriguing questions such as where the boundary of AI-enabled optimisation is, especially when the subjective human preference is taken into consideration.