[Video Release] Challenging Industrial Experiences for a Researcher in France, TESaCo Hearing of Simon Thorpe (Part 2)

The Emerging Technologies and Collective Wisdom project (tesaco.fr), led by Daniel Andler under the auspices of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, is publishing a series of video hearings on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics.

The video (38 minutes) of the second part of the hearing with Simon Thorpe has just been released:

Hearing with Simon Thorpe, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS

Part Two: Challenging Industrial Experiences for a Researcher in France

[01:44] When scientific consulting turns into a scam
[08:17] When the sole objective is to outperform the state of the art on an existing benchmark
[11:36] Toward benchmarks that factor in energy consumption
[15:30] When AI research supports neuroscience
[17:50] The "desert crossing" of connectionism from 1970 to 2012
[20:13] Praise for serendipity and long-termism in science
[23:33] Thank you, CNRS!
[25:46] Writing books or making podcasts?
[27:22] The 2023 call for a moratorium on AI research
[30:12] Intelligence as the ability to detect recurring patterns
[32:59] How to detect intelligent life on an exoplanet?
[34:28] Example of a potential impact on employment
[36:03] Ethical questions around the use of AI in warfare

To watch the first part, click here