EVENT OVERVIEW
The ELLIS Unit Barcelona celebrates its inauguration event!
The ELLIS Unit Barcelona is a federated research structure aimed at bringing together outstanding AI researchers from all relevant research institutions in Catalonia, fostering an active and dynamic community of machine learning experts connected with the other ELLIS Units across Europe.
DETAILS
📆 Friday 12th July, 2024
🕙️ 10:30 h – 14:30 h
Sala Prat de la Riba, Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), Barcelona
PROGRAM
Dr Carme Torras, Director of ELLIS Unit Barcelona
Ms. Laia Arnal Arasa, Directora General de Transferència i Societat del Coneixement
Ms. Gina Tost i Faus, Secretària de Polítiques Digitals
Dr Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi, ELLIS Board Member, Co-Director of the ELLIS Unit Milan, and Member of the Advisory Board at ELLIS Unit Barcelona
Dr Dimosthenis Karatzas, Co-Director of ELLIS Unit Barcelona
ELLIS Fellow, VP of Research, Gemini Technical Lead at Google DeepMind.
From AI to AGI: The Quest for True Intelligence
The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has captivated researchers for decades. While the field of AI has made remarkable strides, AGI remains an elusive frontier. This talk examines the evolution of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their potential as stepping stones towards AGI, focusing on Google’s groundbreaking Gemini. We’ll explore Gemini’s unique capabilities, particularly its multimodal understanding and extended context window, which propel it beyond conventional LLMs and bring us closer to bridging the gap between narrow AI and true general intelligence. However, the path to AGI is paved with challenges. This talk will critically analyze limitations hindering progress, including data biases, evaluation complexities, inherent model limitations, pretraining constraints, and the ongoing struggle to effectively fine-tune models post-training.
