Jacques Ludik
@jacquesludik
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Smart Tech Entrepreneur, PhD (AI), Founder of AI companies, Author of "Democratizing AI to Benefit Everyone", International Speaker, Global AI Ambassador
Somerset West, South Africa
Joined November 2009
How can strategic investments in #AI drive innovation while navigating risks and regulations❓ Join the panel discussion at AI Trajectory 2025: AI Navigator Insights for answers from global thought leaders! 📅 Dec 4, 16:00–19:00 CET 🔗 Register: https://t.co/lF5oeIcl3W Don’t
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What role does AI play in shaping a sustainable and inclusive future? Excited to welcome Dr. Jacques Ludik, award-winning AI entrepreneur, to The AI Trajectory 2025 conference! Join us on Dec 4 to explore AI’s impact on a global scale. 🔗 Register: https://t.co/SnAUiiFCSS
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What happens when the tech we rely on fails us? With AI driving industries at an unprecedented pace, are we ready to face the risks of over-dependence? 🌍 Global AI adoption is projected to add $15.7 trillion to the economy by 2030, but a tech crash could lead to billions in
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Great edition of the SwissCognitive | AI Ventures, Advisory & Research AI Navigator! Thanks for the opportunity to contribute to this. DALITH Steiger-Gablinger💃🏻🎗️ THE AI ANDY FITZE 🧠⛵ Bianka Németvölgyi 🔗 https://t.co/gef0zo1U8j
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GLOBAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE for AFRICA 2024 Vision for a Smart, Integrated First-world Africa Date: 28-30 October 2024 Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa Reserve your spot at the biggest Global Investment Conference for Africa 2024! https://t.co/e2svPHvQl0
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GLOBAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE for AFRICA 2024 Vision for a Smart, Integrated First-world Africa Date: 28-30 October 2024 Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa Reserve your spot at the biggest Global Investment Conference for Africa 2024! https://t.co/e2svPHvQl0
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GLOBAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE for AFRICA 2024 Vision for a Smart, Integrated First-world Africa Date: 28-30 October 2024 Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa Reserve your spot at the biggest Global Investment Conference for Africa 2024! https://t.co/r5zYzHZxcL
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Huge congrats to @AIatMeta on the Llama 3.1 release! Few notes: Today, with the 405B model release, is the first time that a frontier-capability LLM is available to everyone to work with and build on. The model appears to be GPT-4 / Claude 3.5 Sonnet grade and the weights are
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Dr. Jacques Ludik will be speaking at “The Future of AI in Africa Global Summit and Expo 2024”! Join us from 25-27 June 2024 25th to 27th at Ciela, Bonanza Estate in Lusaka, Zambia, https://t.co/KfbbfT2wYD for a transformative event. @MIIAfrica #AI #AFRICA @jacquesludik
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David Deutsch: "We have a duty to be optimistic. Because the future is open, not predetermined and therefore cannot just be accepted: we are all responsible for what it holds. Thus it is our duty to fight for a better world."
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How critical is AI for Africa’s development? https://t.co/ydRKjtBYg2 See also book “Democratizing Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: Shaping a Better Future in the Smart Technology Era” https://t.co/voFLIJ2CoO
@MIIAfrica @fairplanet
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Local experts warn that delaying AI adoption could deepen poverty across Africa.
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Meta Shapers To Host Web3 and AI Summit on 21-22 February 2024. Program for the Summit is published at https://t.co/7MsPwicM1e Register to attend for free at https://t.co/ZSaymZXYP9
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Two perfectly compatible messages I've been repeating for years: 1. Scaling up deep learning will keep paying off. 2. Scaling up deep learning won't lead to AGI, because deep learning on its own is missing key properties required for general intelligence.
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amazing articale by @jacquesludik almost feel it was writen on @dominic_w @dfinity @icp AI and Web3: The Next Generation of the Internet for a Decentralized World
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Dr Jacques Ludik is a Smart Technology Entrepreneur, PhD in AI, Founder of multiple AI companies, Author, International keynote speaker, Global AI Ambassador and award-winning AI Leader with a 25+...
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Destroying Terrible Anti-AI Arguments: Day Four "My p(doom) ration is X%" Nate Soares, the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, (an AI research institute in the same way that the People's Democratic Republic of North Korea is a democratic republic) wrote
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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: "Intelligent Agents, AGI, Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle" https://t.co/foh7snh0B1 via @LinkedIn
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This article has been inspired and triggered by (1) some insightful questions and opinions about when things become agents and what agency is by Tim Scarfe in his excellent Substack blog on "Agenti...
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WEBINAR INVITE: Meta Shapers Global Summit on 21-22 February 2024 from 8 am - 11.30 am ET Dr Jacques Ludik will be speaking at the Summit along with 36 other industry leaders. Register at https://t.co/ZSaymZXqZB
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