Location: Zoom

The chairs of the Intercontinental Academia 4 and the steering committee welcome fellows and introduce the planning for the next days. One hour will be dedicated to presentations by fellows, who will each give a brief outlook on their research proposal for ICA4. Finally, there will be time to ask questions and go through specificities of the planning.

Topic guide:

1. Presentation of ICA by Eliezer Rabinovici and Raouf Boucekkine, co-chairs of ICA.
2. Presentation of IEA Paris by Saadi Lahlou and IEAT Belo Horizonte by Estevam Las Casas, Directors of the institutes.
3. Presentation by fellows (3mn each -> 60mn)
4. Presentation of the ICA alumni programme by Sue Gilligan from the University of Birmingham.
5. Presentation of the team, website, Slack, VR environment.
6. Q&A on the functioning of ICA4.

Mentored by Jack Copeland (pre-registered video), Oron Shagrir, Shimon Ullman

Moderated by Raouf Boucekkine
Location: Zoom

AI and cognitive sciences look toward each other for inspiration. Considering paradigm shifts in both AI and cognitive sciences, cooperation between these scientific disciplines should be aware of the limitations that operating within a specific paradigm brings. This event will explore the history of AI, the applications of neuroscience within AI and vice-versa.

Topic guide:

1. 3x20 min presentations by mentors
2. 10 min break
3. Questions by selected fellows to the panel
4. Public discussion

3:30pm – 4:30pm

fellows debrief

Mentored by Philippe Aghion , Marc Mézard , Karen Yeung

Moderated by Saadi Lahlou Location: Zoom

The growing importance of applied AI in our everyday lives poses ethical, political, and juridical dilemmas. The question of whether AI will save economic growth is not answered by yes or no. This event will approach AI from a policy and government angle to navigate the current and future political climate around AI.

Topic guide:

1. 3x20 min presentations by mentors
2. 10 min break
3. Questions by selected fellows to the panel
4. Public discussion

3:30pm – 4:30pm

fellows debrief

Mentors: Robert Aumann, William Hopkins, Martin Rees Moderator: Eliezer Rabinovici Location: Zoom

Intelligence and rationality are seen as desirable qualities in decision-making. What intelligence and rationality entail however, is hard to pin down and generalize across contexts and agents. If rationality is a precursor of intelligence, are all rational decision-makers intelligent? How infallible is rationality in grasping reality?

Topic guide:

1. 3x20 min presentations by mentors
2. 10 min break
3. Questions by selected fellows to the panel
4. Public discussion

3:30pm – 4:30pm

fellows debrief

Mentored by Xiao-Jing Wang, Robert Zatorre, James McClelland

Moderated by Estevam Las Casas
Location: Zoom

The ability to learn from different types of input is seen as a fundamental characteristic of intelligence. Both humans and machines can learn, but the inputs they use are not quite the same. Exploring learning in humans is fundamental to figuring out how intelligence emerges and adapts to changes.

Topic guide:

1. 3x20 min presentations by mentors
2. 10 min break
3. Questions by selected fellows to the panel
4. Public discussion

6:30pm – 7:30pm

fellows debrief

Mentored by Toshio Fukuda and Zaven Paré

Moderated by Saadi Lahlou
Location: Zoom

Emotions could be seen as the opposite of rationality. Yet, both emotions and rationality are part of the construct of intelligence, at least in humans. This session will look at emotions in decision-making and ask the question of just how human-like robots’ emotions can become.

Topic guide:

1. 3x20 min presentations by mentors
2. 10 min break
3. Questions by selected fellows to the panel
4. Public discussion

3:30pm-4:30pm

fellows debrief

Chaired by Saadi Lahlou, Estevam Las Casas, and representatives of Paris Universities

Location: Zoom, then Teemew

We will wrap up the June programme with instructions for the next months, including instructions for the use of VR social space and project room. Part of this meeting is an outlook on the October session, including the presentation of ICA's partner institutions in Paris.

Topic guide:

1. Reminder of agenda and instructions for the Paris and Belo Horizonte sessions by Saadi Lahlou and Estevam Las Casas,
2. Presentation of some of the partnering Universities from Paris who will be hosting sessions in October
3. Conclusion and recommendations by fellows
4. Global discussion and AOB