MI conference 2025 – Csaba Livják at GDE annual event

What is the impact of AI on society, on work – and most importantly on the construction industry? These were the questions that Csaba Livják, founder and CEO of BuildEXT, sought to answer, as he chaired the “AI and Society” session as keynote speaker at the annual AI conference at Gábor Dénes University.

On stage with the big guns of MI

The event featured presentations by renowned experts such as Petya Balogh, an investor in Sharks, Prof. Dr. József Bokor, President of the Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Centre at Gábor Dénes University and Péter Csányi, CEO of OTP.

In this strong company, Csaba’s presentation went beyond the boundaries of the construction industry: he talked about how artificial intelligence is not just a technological tool, but a new paradigm of operation that is transforming entire social, economic and organisational systems.

AI: the invisible operating system for everyday life

From the very first minutes of Csaba’s presentation, it was clear that artificial intelligence is not a vision of the future – but a reality of the present. Using the example of a Berlin street artist who used 50 mobile phones to fake traffic congestion on Google Maps, he showed how AI is shaping the physical world, often unnoticed.

He described in detail the rapid coevolution of AI in different fields: from linguistic models to video generation (e.g. VO3), where realistic scenes are created that take into account the rules of gravity and physics – even if the model itself does not “understand” them. And autonomous robots (Nvidia, Boston Dynamics) and interactive assistants not only react to us, but can even switch their own “language” when communicating with each other.

Education, work and learning: the pace of change is faster than education

During the presentation, Csaba highlighted the rapidity of knowledge obsolescence and the slow adaptation of education systems. He also presented concrete tools – ChatGPT, Perplexity, Synthesia – that are already transforming lecture creation and content production.

In his experience, traditional higher education cannot keep up: that is why BuildEXT has created an internal academy to bring engineers up to date. He pointed out that new roles are also emerging in the construction industry, such as the digital integrator, who is able to harmonise different systems, software and data models. This is no longer “futurology” but a daily practice.

AI conference roundtable: AI, ethics, workplaces

Following the presentation, he also participated in a thought-provoking roundtable discussion on the ethical dilemmas of AI, societal transformations, the challenges of education and how we can prepare for a world where AI is not just the future, but the present.

In the roundtable discussion, Csaba Livják also pointed out that MI does not necessarily eliminate jobs – but rather transforms them. Adaptability, flexibility and critical thinking are not only a competitive advantage, but a survival condition.

The rest of the conference presentations are available here. The ISBN-registered conference proceedings containing the presentations and roundtable discussions can be viewed at this link or downloaded in PDF format here.

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