Director Robert Jenssen giving a talk at the CuttingEdgeAI seminar at the University of Bergen
Image:
Odd Vegard Kandal-Wright

Director Robert Jenssen giving a talk at the CuttingEdgeAI seminar at the University of Bergen

Visual Intelligence represented at CuttingEdgeAI seminar

Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at the CuttingEdgeAI seminar "KI anno 2023: I offentlighetens interesse?" at the University of Bergen on March 7th.

Visual Intelligence represented at CuttingEdgeAI seminar

Director Robert Jenssen represented Visual Intelligence at the CuttingEdgeAI seminar "KI anno 2023: I offentlighetens interesse?" at the University of Bergen on March 7th.

By Petter Bjørklund, Communication Advisor at SFI Visual Intelligence

The seminar, organized by NORA and UiB AI, gathered some of Norway's leading AI researchers to discuss the current state of research, the areas where Norway has the potential to stand out, and what might happen in the AI field in the future.

Core topics of the seminar were how the research frontier will be in various branches of AI in five years, and if AI represents the public interest, for example, in matters of democracy, labor, welfare, environment and culture.

Director Robert Jenssen was invited to give a talk at the seminar, sharing his views on where mathematical neural networks, societal challenges, users and innovation meet. The talk was followed by a panel discussion between Jenssen, Anne Kjersti Fahlvik (Research Council of Norway), Arnoldo Frigessi (UiO), and Jill Walker Rettberg (UiB).

Watch the entire seminar on YouTube

Jenssen during a panel discussion. Photo: Odd Vegard Kandal-Wright.

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