[Tuesdays of Innovation] Generative AI: cognitive revolution or technological mirage?

🎤 Exceptional conference: Tuesdays of Innovation — “Generative AI: Cognitive Revolution or Technological Mirage?”

Revered by some, feared by others, generative AI divides as much as it fascinates. At the crossroads of promises of optimization and fears of dehumanization, it fuels an intense debate — often clouded by a lack of understanding of its real, ever-evolving capabilities. At the heart of the controversies, four major tensions emerge:

▶ Should we fear the gradual replacement of humans, even in complex tasks, or see generative AI as a powerful lever to improve work and unlock human potential?

▶ Can generative AI become a reliable, universal synthesis of knowledge, or does it risk spreading biases and fake news inherited from its designers and training data, further deepening societal divides?

▶ Is it possible to build transparent, trustworthy generative AI, or are we facing an opaque chain of actors who evade responsibility and cannot be held accountable for the uses and impacts of their creations?

▶ Is it a driver of massive transformation for the world’s most advanced economies, or merely a passing trend with marginal benefits for key sectors of global competitiveness?

To unpack these issues, we are pleased to welcome:

🎤 Nicolas Curien, founding member of the French Academy of Technologies and author of the report “Generative AI and Misinformation”

🎤 Laurent Frisch, Head of Digital and Innovation at Radio France

🎤 Laurence Devillers, French professor and researcher, specialist in human-machine interaction, author

📅 Date: Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 PM

📍 Venue: 14 rue Cujas, Bachelard Amphitheater, Sorbonne