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Visual Intelligence Workshop on Foundation Models: Now Available on YouTube

The presentations from the Visual Intelligence Workshop on Foundation Models are now available on the Visual Intelligence YouTube channel.

Visual Intelligence Workshop on Foundation Models: Now Available on YouTube

The presentations from the Visual Intelligence Workshop on Foundation Models are now available on the Visual Intelligence YouTube channel.

By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Officer at SFI Visual Intelligence

The workshop hosted leading researchers to examine how their theoretical foundations expose a paradox between statistical compression and semantic meaning, how emergent phenomena challenge conventional assumptions, and how evaluation practices continue to shape trustworthy foundation models.

Each session can be watched via the links below:

Ravid Shwartz Ziv: The Compression Paradox: Why AI and Humans See the World Differently

Srishti Gautam: Evaluating Foundation and Agentic Models in the Age of Trust

Oskar Skean: In Search of Hidden Talents: Emergence in Foundation Model

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