A scientist, researcher and writer, Jean-Claude Heudin has spent several decades exploring the frontiers of artificial intelligence and complexity science.
A pioneer of artificial intelligence
Holding a doctorate from Université Paris-Sud and an accreditation to supervise research (HDR), Jean-Claude Heudin has been working on artificial intelligence since the 1980s. He co-founded one of the first French companies specialising in the field, before developing applications for industry and defence.
In 1996, he joined the Pôle universitaire Léonard-de-Vinci, took part in the creation of the Institut de l’Internet et du Multimédia, ran its laboratory and then took over as head of the school.
Understanding rather than simply enduring
Generative AI, deep learning, robots, avatars, transhumanism: Jean-Claude Heudin is committed to distinguishing what technology actually makes possible from what we project onto it.
His approach combines science, history, philosophy and culture to make the most complex technological questions accessible. No doom-mongering. No blind fascination. Just the reference points needed to make decisions.
Thinking about AI differently
For Jean-Claude Heudin, artificial intelligence cannot be reduced to ChatGPT. Faced with the race towards ever-larger models, he questions their consumption of data, energy and resources, as well as the technological concentration they bring about.
He explores other paths: lighter, more specialised forms of intelligence, capable of collaborating with humans rather than seeking to replace them.
When artificial intelligence becomes creative
With ANGELIA, his algorithmic intelligence project applied to electronic music, Jean-Claude Heudin turns his research into a hands-on experience. The artificial intelligence interacts with the musician, improvises and takes part in the creative process in real time.
A living laboratory for asking an essential question: can a machine truly create? His work now takes him to the frontiers of generative music and quantum computing.
