From the left: Visual Intelligence PhD Fellow Eirik Østmo, Professor Gøril Eide Flaten, Professor Raymond Kristiansen, and Abels tårn radio host Torkild Jemterud
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Petter Bjørklund, SFI Visual Intelligence

From the left: Visual Intelligence PhD Fellow Eirik Østmo, Professor Gøril Eide Flaten, Professor Raymond Kristiansen, and Abels tårn radio host Torkild Jemterud

Visual Intelligence PhD Fellow Eirik Østmo featured on Abels tårn

Østmo was invited to Abels tårn—one of the largest popular science radio shows in Norway—to answer listener-submitted questions related to artificial Intelligence (AI). The live show took place at Blårock Cafe in Tromsø, Norway on June 12th.

Visual Intelligence PhD Fellow Eirik Østmo featured on Abels tårn

Østmo was invited to Abels tårn—one of the largest popular science radio shows in Norway—to answer listener-submitted questions related to artificial Intelligence (AI). The live show took place at Blårock Cafe in Tromsø, Norway on June 12th.

By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Advisor at SFI Visual Intelligence

Østmo's AI-related questions included if AI is suspectible to "inbreeding" and whether ChatGPT or Google consumes the least energy.

In addition to Østmo, the expert panel included UiT Professors Raymond Kristiansen and Gøril Eide Flaten. Kristiansen and Flaten responded to questions related to control engineering and pharmaceutics respectively. The panelists also asked questions to each other about their respective scientific fields.

Listen to the entire episode here.

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