Upstream research and the future
Gérard SABAH
Former Research Director, CNRS, ECCAI fellow
Short bio
Gérard Sabah graduated from École Polytechnique in 1968, then joined the CNRS where he spent his entire career. Doctor of 3rd cycle in 1973, then Doctor of State of Science in 1978, he is the author of more than 200 articles and books in linguistic computing and has directed more than 60 theses on the subject.
He has been president of the Association for Cognitive Research, editor-in-chief of the bulletin of the French Association of Artificial Intelligence and «Fellow» of the ECCAI (renamed European Association for Artificial Intelligence in 2016). He is a full member of the French Academy of Technologies
Abstract
After clarifying a few notions about the concepts of intelligence and consciousness, we will analyse the relationships that link intelligence, consciousness, understanding and language, and how consideration of the synergies between them can lead to the emergence of a ‘strong AI’. To support this assertion and demonstrate its feasibility, we will propose a model based on some French work in this field.
We will also highlight the risks that such a technology may entail.
