Joelle Pineau

Joelle Pineau

Vice President, AI Research

Meta

Joelle is Vice President, AI Research at Meta and a Professor at McGill University. Her research focuses primarily on developing new models and algorithms for planning and learning in complex, partially observable domains. Joelle also applies these algorithms to robotics, health care, games, and conversational agents. Joelle holds a BASc in Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MSc and Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Schedule


wednesday – 10:05am AI

Time Icon 20 mins

Location Icon St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts - Bluma Appel Theatre

Navigating the LLM Revolution

As Large Language Models (LLMs) emerge as potential leaders in the software industry, their ability to personalize user experiences underscores their transformative power. However, safety concerns and a reluctance among some researchers to build on LLM technology highlight the need for a renewed focus on these issues. Discover why the tech community should champion LLMs and how embracing transparency and collaboration can drive a safer, more responsible AI future.