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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko, as part of a working visit to the Republic of Belarus, spoke at a foresight session in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) on the topic “International Scientific Foresight of AI: the Future of Artificial Intelligence in Cooperation”.
The foresight session brought together more than 90 representatives of the scientific community from Russia and the Republic of Belarus. The organizers were the Strategic Agency for Support and Formation of AI Developments and the International Alliance in the Sphere of AI.
"We hold an annual conference called "Journey into the World of Artificial Intelligence" – AI Journey, which is traditionally attended by our President Vladimir Putin. He ordered this international foresight session to be held. This was dictated, among other things, by the fact that the International Alliance in the Sphere of Artificial Intelligence was organized, which included 14 countries, including the Republic of Belarus. And fulfilling its tasks, we, together with scientists and international experts, identified 10 key areas of fundamental scientific research in the field of AI, which, in our opinion, should predetermine the future. They formed the basis of this international foresight," said Dmitry Chernyshenko.
This year, 12 foresight sessions have already taken place, seven of which were held outside the Russian Federation – in Morocco, the UAE, Serbia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and two sessions in China, and another five – at the Sber technohub, MIPT, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, NTI Platform and Lomonosov Moscow State University. This year, Belarusian scientists from the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the IT holding BelHard also participated in two foresight sessions – in St. Petersburg and Uzbekistan.
The final report analyzing the results obtained from such foresights is expected to be ready in October.
“The results of the foresight should be published so that each scientist can make their own contribution and see the results of their activities,” the Russian Deputy Prime Minister noted.
Foresight participants from Russia and the Republic of Belarus focused on four key areas of AI development: "Architectures, Machine Learning Algorithms, Optimization, and Mathematics", "Fundamental and Generative Models", "Control, Decision Making, and Agent/Multi-Agent Systems", and "AI for Narrow Tasks". They proposed developing large visual-linguistic and multimodal AI models, as well as developing multimodal and multidimensional transformers.
According to Dmitry Chernyshenko, one of the key formats could be the joint work of leading research teams in the field of AI from the Republic of Belarus, as well as business representatives with 13 Russian research centers in the field of AI. Russian centers received grants as part of the second and third selection waves and conduct research in the areas of strong, multi-agent, trusted, applied artificial intelligence.
The Deputy Prime Minister invited the participants of the foresight session to visit research centers in the field of artificial intelligence in Russia and study their experience.
"This is in line with the Main Directions for the Implementation of the Provisions of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union State for 2024-2026. And I think it will be a significant milestone for the creation of joint sites and research projects between Russia and Belarus," concluded Dmitry Chernyshenko.
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Karanik emphasized: “Today, specialists have gathered who will determine how artificial intelligence will develop in Belarus and Russia, what developments we can offer each other, how to ensure that this development is safe and aimed at the development of humanity and the economies of our countries.”
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