Mag Futura’s files: can artificial intelligence become really smart?

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Why question artificial intelligence?

Broad topic. Artificial intelligence was still in its infancy fifteen years ago. Today, all of this is a long way off for AI researchers who continue to evolve it, at a speed vertiginous, to the point where it makes its revolution. It is now in many objects of our daily life, at the center of our lives in short. For better and sometimes for worse. Should we be afraid of it? Can it one day surpass human intelligence? Also, is it a good idea to increase your needs for energy in a world which is warming up and invites more sobriety? Our journalists conducted the investigation and met specialists in this more contemporary question than ever before, and at the forefront of the future.

On the menu of the dossier on Artificial Intelligence

Reporting : Can AI Be Really Creative?

An AI that sells its works at a high price at auction, others who even have their own galleries … With the democratization of deep learning, machines are increasingly embedded in the work of artists, offering an imaginary that is sometimes literally inhuman. We went to see how certain artists had taken hold of these new tools … until forgetting who, human or machine, was at the origin of the works.

Great interview with Jean-Claude Heudin : “An AI will never understand what an tree “

Can a machine simulate human emotions, to the point of actually “feeling” them? This is the question we asked Jean-Claude Heudin, researcher in artificial intelligence and composer. His latest project, Angelia, aims to create a musical AI capable of playing music with a mock emotion. He explained to us how it works, the limits of machine intelligence and a couple of other things about the future of AI.

Reporting : These researchers who predict the future

At the University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, researchers are taking advantage of advances in artificial intelligence to predict the future. Nothing magic, but long hours of work, until you managed to predict emergency calls for the next few hours and one day, perhaps, death in the intensive care unit. Meeting with passionate scientists.

Investigation : How to make AI more sober and efficient?

Behind the resounding successes of deep learning, or deep learning, the main AI technique today, hides a energy consumption colossal. While the climate emergency rather involves sobriety efforts in all areas, many researchers are working on machines hybrids or inspired by living things. But to avoid the Wall energy, technological innovation will probably have to be accompanied by a real reflection on the relevant uses of AI.

Tribune: “We overestimate the understanding of languages ​​by AIs”

Arnaud Ferré, researcher in artificial intelligence applied to life sciences and researcher at the University of Paris-Saclay, tries to teach machines to interpret human languages. He underlines in this forum how our language is subtle and complex, and calls for humble assessment of the progress of AI, as impressive as it is still far removed from human capacities.

To analyse : Technological singularity, who benefits from the myth?

This theoretical tipping point, which would see the explosion of machine intelligence far beyond human intelligence, crystallizes fears and hopes around AI. True prophecy for its promoters who assure its inevitability, it remains highly improbable according to its detractors, who point to many technological limits. They also denounce a discourse on the Singularity that is far from innocent, committing our future on a road drawn up according to the interests and values ​​of the digital giants.

… And many other subjects to discover in the magazine!

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