Science Tuesdays: Artificial intelligence: revolution or illusion?

A journey through time: a presentation of AI and its development over the last few decades

Dive into the fascinating development of artificial intelligence (AI), from the visionary legacy of Alan Turing to revolutionary technologies such as ChatGPT. Discover how machine learning and deep learning, powered by neural networks, are redefining the way machines learn and interact with us. Through intriguing examples, explore innovative architectures such as GAN and Transformers, which have enabled major advances in content generation and conversational intelligence. We will also be exploring cutting-edge trends such as multimodal AI that can understand text, images and audio, and "digital twins", which are remodelling our perception of the environment. Finally, we will look at the issues, promises and challenges of a rapidly accelerating technological revolution.

Speaker

With more than fifteen years' experience, Sébastien Dupraz, researcher at BRGM and coordinator of the JUNON programme, is a recognised leader in the area of energy and environmental transition. He has led innovative initiatives in partnership with public and private stakeholders, implementing science-based solutions to promote sustainability. After completing a PhD in environmental geochemistry at the Paris Institute of Planetary Physics (IPGP), he led several energy and water research projects at BRGM. More recently, he has been exploring artificial intelligence approaches and digital twins in particular, to solve these environmental challenges. Currently Director of the regional JUNON programme, he manages a portfolio of environmental projects aimed at developing the monitoring of natural resources in the Centre-Val de Loire region.