Viktor Dörfler
I am Professor of AI Strategy at the Department of Management Science, University of Strathclyde Business School, UK. I hold a Research Professor position at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary and a Visiting Professor appointment at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. I was appointed member of the British Standard Institution's Artificial Intelligence Committee (BSI ART/001) 2019-2024.
My scholarly research focuses on talent, creativity, intuition, and the grandmaster-apprentice relationship. I conducted in-depth open-ended interviews with 20 top scientists, including 17 Nobel Laureates and two Eckert-Mauchly Award winners, in order to understand the thinking of scientists at the highest level of mastery. As a practitioner, 1999-2004 I spearheaded the development of AI software, a knowledge-based expert system shell, compared various AI solutions, and explored the validity of AI. In my consultancy work, I advise companies on AI implementation to support complex decisions through modelling expert knowledge and on fostering grandmaster-apprentice relationships to improve organizational learning.
To date, I have written 30+ journal papers, three books, 15 book chapters, and 100+ conference papers. Since 2018, I have delivered 20+ talks on Human Mind and AI in New York, London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Manama, Lausanne, Budapest, and Birmingham, including two IEEE keynote talks, a TEDx talk, and other prestigious conference appearances.
My scholarly research focuses on talent, creativity, intuition, and the grandmaster-apprentice relationship. I conducted in-depth open-ended interviews with 20 top scientists, including 17 Nobel Laureates and two Eckert-Mauchly Award winners, in order to understand the thinking of scientists at the highest level of mastery. As a practitioner, 1999-2004 I spearheaded the development of AI software, a knowledge-based expert system shell, compared various AI solutions, and explored the validity of AI. In my consultancy work, I advise companies on AI implementation to support complex decisions through modelling expert knowledge and on fostering grandmaster-apprentice relationships to improve organizational learning.
To date, I have written 30+ journal papers, three books, 15 book chapters, and 100+ conference papers. Since 2018, I have delivered 20+ talks on Human Mind and AI in New York, London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Manama, Lausanne, Budapest, and Birmingham, including two IEEE keynote talks, a TEDx talk, and other prestigious conference appearances.
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Will Artificial Intelligence ever match the masterful leadership of an outstanding CEO, deeply moving writing of a great poet, or nurturing care of a hospital nurse?
In this talk I explore the differences between thinking and data processing as well as between human learning and the learning algorithms of artificial neural networks. Based on the observed differences I take the stand on inimitability of exceptional human performance.
I suggest that we are asking the wrong question when we try to figure out how AI can outperform mediocre humans, and in which areas, and also if we are trying to prove that the best of us can beat AI in their respective domains. For me the real question is how to get the best of both worlds - and my answer is smart people using smart technology.