Ivan Valerievich Oseledets is an outstanding Russian scientist in the field of mathematics and computational mathematics, known for his significant contributions to science. His works are internationally recognized and are included in the fourth edition of the classic textbook on matrix analysis, as well as in the list of the most cited articles in the subject area. He is a professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, a leading researcher at the Institute of Computational Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Director General of the AIRI Institute of Artificial Intelligence.
Skoltech: faculty.skoltech.ru/people/iv...
AIRI Institute: airi.net
Publications: www.mathnet.ru/rus/person20255
Instagram: @ivanoseledets
00:00 Greetings
02:27 At the time you started, was it profitable to do math?
03:50 How did you choose your research topics?
07:32 How much math is there in modern artificial intelligence?
09:50 How do you feel about the invention of large language models?
11:46 Did you envision such an AI breakthrough?
12:40 What is at the heart of the AI breakthrough?
18:34 The data generated by an AI model is not suitable for training other models?
21:06 Why is it only after ChatGPT was introduced that other companies started to come up with similar solutions?
22:45 Will it be easy for everyone to improve AI models from now on?
24:03 Is there a difference between human and AI?
27:17 Won't AI models in 10 years communicate downward with humans?
30:28 Would you sign a letter demanding a halt to AI developments?
32:04 Is there a threat from AI?
34:42 Will AI models become free?
37:03 How do you manage to publish so many articles?
39:34 How do you feel about publishing preprints in arXiv?
42:38 Is it true that in order to get a publication accepted, you have to be more able to write rather than research?
45:15 What criteria are important for evaluating a researcher's productivity?
47:13 If conference papers are accepted easily, is it necessary to raise the level of conferences?
49:49 How do you train young graduate students on writing skills?
51:57 What is AIRI's position among world universities?
54:36 Where does AIRI get its money from?
55:15 What are AIRI's strengths?
55:58 Is there no problem with human resources?
57:24 What qualities do you need to get into AIRI without competition?
59:19 Does anyone get kicked out of AIRI?
01:01:35 Do you help masters?
01:04:23 Is it true that with a PhD the pay is higher?
01:07:19 Do you have problems publishing in international conferences?
01:12:00 Do researchers get visas to the US and Europe?
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