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Chair: Xavier Leroy Abstract  It is often assumed that as AI makes regular progress in solving more and more problems in various areas, it approaches, asymptotically, the ultimate goal of artificial general intelligence (AGI). If AGI is understood as …

Chair: Patrick Boucheron Abstract Most works dealing with intelligence, whatever their author's profile, make a detour via the Greeks, albeit a brief one. The place of Greek philosophers—those "professionals of intelligence"—in European cultural baggage …

Chair: Stéphane Mallat Abstract The excellence of a surgeon, or more generally of an interventional physician, is not simply a matter of intellectual ability to make the right diagnosis or choose the right therapeutic strategy; it also rests on the …

Chair: Nalini Anantharaman Abstract Artificial intelligence neural networks are trained to estimate answers to questions using statistical computation. The accuracy of these answers, despite the explosion of the set of possibilities, shows that they …

Chair: Stéphane Mallat Abstract AI has already had multiple impacts on mathematics, from working collaboratively with human mathematicians by suggesting conjectures or performing smarter searches, to producing entire proofs unaided. I'll discuss the …

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Abstract Demographic transitions are often attributed to reduced fertility, triggered by significant developments in several areas. In this respect, health gains in Africa should be more widely recognized as a driver of its population growth. The fact …

Abstract The god Loki has become famous in recent years through media of which the Norse could never have dreamed, but in his late Iron Age form he is central to their understanding of the irrational. Shifting sex, gender, and even species, he pairs with …

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Abstract The first lecture will examine the state of health today compared to the past, introduce the fundamental concepts of the field of evolutionary medicine, and provide some examples of how evolutionary medicine can help improve people's …

Abstract The conference will explore the persistent debates around foreign aid, revealing how various tools such as structural adjustment programs, discussions of aid effectiveness, macroeconomic conditionality and rating agency perceptions of risk all …

Abstract Post-colonial mentalities and narratives, strongly influenced by ideas such as the need to decolonize minds, reveal a deep imprint of the colonial legacy in the collective imagination. An analysis of the historical reasons behind the persistent …

Abstract Within mathematics, fractions hold a special place. They present perennial difficulties to students, and yet, mastering fractions is a critical stepping stone towards algebra and higher-order mathematics. More than 20   years ago, Stanislas …