Icam Liaisons : Artificial Intelligence: evolution or revolution?

Icam and developments in artificial intelligence

The first part of this year was rich in events and new proposals. The Icam meetings held on March 21 at several Icam and non-Icam sites provided an opportunity for a rich exchange between students, employees and Icam Alumni (see article and video on page 4). In addition, several events were organized around the end of May to mark the completion of work on the historic Icam Lille site. More and more of you are also taking part in the Icam Alumni Academy, and Alumni solidarity is being extended in new ways within the association, as described on page 5.

At the request of some of you, and with a view to moving forward, we are publishing the first 100% digital Icam Liaisons 209N. You will have the opportunity to give us your point of view on this first issue through a questionnaire on the form and content of this issue. Through this form of publication, we've had the opportunity to add videos and web link extensions to discover a little more about certain articles.An English version will also be distributed on English-speaking foreign campuses, and the French version on other French-speaking foreign campuses.

In this issue of Icam liaisons, we're expanding on the topic of artificial intelligence, which was published in december 2018 (issue 193) by taking stock of the evolution of different forms of artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on generative AI.

AI is an extension of our dreams, a hand stretched out towards the unknown. It whispers new languages to our engineers, offers doctors more precise insights into life, and gives researchers wings to push back the frontiers of the possible. But some of us may be afraid of it, and in these articles we attempt to demystify the subject.

AI doesn't replace humans - it reveals, complements and transforms them.

In this issue, after a theoretical section, we present several inspiring testimonials from Jesuits, Icam researchers andIcam researchers and Jesuits on a variety of AI applications, such as medicine, religion, the impact on businesses and professions, cyber security and more..

We also feature an article from the Loyola-Icam Campus in Chennai, India, which has an AI department.

We also take a look at the impact of AI on tomorrow's professions and corporate organizations. We hope to bring you a positive outlook on AI, without omitting the many challenges to be met in deploying these technologies: equity, the social divide, ethics... How to use AI while keeping the Hand.

For future issues, we'd like to expand the editorial board, so don't hesitate to join us, even for just a few issues.

Philippe Rondonneau (81 Lille)
Editor in chief