I would like to take a brief moment to reflect on what drives me as an academic.
Academia’s root are in creating knowledge and sharing it. We, academics, have a role to play in shaping society. In computer science, we sometimes focus on the creation of technology. Here, creation …
Since 2017, an AI has been defeating the best Go experts, despite the game being particularly challenging. Such “super intelligence” is rare, but it could also emerge in fundamental mathematics.
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This post was originally published in French as part of my scientific chronicle in Les Echos.
Is unbiased data important to build health AI? Yes!
Can there be unbiased data? No!
The notion of bias depends on the intended use.
In medicine, we have seen the importance of tuning devices and decisions for the target population. The problem is not …
Improving conversational artificial intelligences or simpler prediction engines involves overcoming biases, that is, going beyond the limits of data. But the notion of bias is subtle, as it depends on the goals.
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This post was originally published in French as part of my scientific chronicle in Les Echos.
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Despite their apparent intelligence, conversational artificial intelligences often lack logic. The debate rages on: do they reason or do they recite snatches of text memorized on the Internet?
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This post was originally published in French as part of my scientific chronicle in Les Echos. I updated it with new …
