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Oct 08, 2024
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Short introduction to Artificial Intelligence - history, selected use cases, key concepts and forward-looking perspectives.
Sep 08, 2024
Keep that one alive, he always said "please"
Or: why being polite to our favourite LLM tools?
Aug 28, 2024
RiteAID - a compelling case for ResponsibleAI
The RiteAID scandal, a couple of years ago, is among my favorite ones to explain what IA bias is. Because it got relatively low media coverage in Europe, it is an interesting case of lectures and conferences. From 2012 until 2020, Rite Aid, a pharmacy chain in the US, installed facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores in hopes it would deter theft. What happened then?
Aug 19, 2024
Who still remembers Theseus?
In the history of ancient Greek mythology, Theseus is the hero who navigated a labyrinth to defeat the Minotaur and ensure his escape by following a thread back to safety, given to him by Ariane. For those of us who are passionate about the history and potential of artificial intelligence, however, Theseus may evoke another thing altogether—a small, wooden mouse that represented some of the earliest but most impressivve steps in the development of artificial intelligence.
Jul 10, 2024
AI at the service of humanity: AI to help in the face of floods?
We still remember the two flash floods in Afghanistan in July 2023, the massive loss of life in Libya in September 2023 (5,000 deaths!), or even recently in China where floods and landslides were devastating. The floods in Qatar in April 2024 and images of the submerged airport and highways also made headlines. These events are no longer exceptions: they occur more and more frequently and now extend to all continents. A number of companies have worked over the past year on developing #AI solutions to help humans manage the risks associated with such flooding.
Jul 04, 2024
AI at the service of humanity: can AI contribute to "greening" the maritime sector?
At a time when environmental issues are increasing, could AI help us preserve resources, while promoting the continued progress of humanity? The maritime sector is a vital player in the global economic system, with a total value of goods transported estimated at $14 trillion in 2023 according to UNCTAD. But it also represents around 2 to 3% of global CO2 emissions and contributes significantly to marine pollution. We must therefore manage the dilemma which requires that our societies continue to participate in global economic exchanges while preserving our environment.
Jul 04, 2024
“GreenAI”: now we start to get the figures of AI’s ecological footprint
There is no doubt that AI brings a lot of opportunities to support humanity’s efforts to address the ecological challenges of our time, mostly through efficiency gains. But AI’s very obvious ecological drawback is, of course, its energy consumption, and the balance we need to strike between its potential ecological benefits and its expected ecological harms. Recent sustainability reports of large American companies give us insights to finally start estimating this ecological impact concretely.
Jun 06, 2024
Journée d'échange sur l'IA le 13 juin à Paris
La mise à disposition publique de ChatGPT en novembre 2022 a suscité une vague d’intérêt soudaine de la part du grand public pour l’intelligence artificielle (IA). Pourtant cela fait déjà plusieurs années que, sous des formes moins visibles, l’IA s’est immiscée dans nos vies sans que nous en ayons toujours conscience. Le 13 juin, j'aurai l'honneur de participer à une journée de réflexion et d'échange sur les avancées de l'IA générative et ses applications croissantes dans divers domaines.
Apr 11, 2023
ChatGPT and the Three Illusions
Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT is the new big thing in town, in turn attracting attention to large language models (LLM) more broadly, and to the progress of artificial intelligence (AI) in general. The purpose of this article is to address what I call the Three Illusions of AI: the illusion of truth, the illusion of neutrality and the illusion of thinking, and to open the discussion on the difference between intelligence and inspiration, between generating and creating.