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