Economist, statistician, ornithologist, and A.I. entrepreneur, Jean-Philippe M.L. Schepens van Thiel shares his insights on the synergies between nature, data science, and technology. He emphasizes the importance of connecting dots across multiple industries and finding inspiration for business innovation in humanity’s wisest, billion-year data keeper – Nature's algorithms.
Founder of AxonJay: Jean-Philippe M.L. Schepens van Thiel revolutionized the A.I. industry by founding the world's first Self-Machine-Learning Platform™, earning accolades such as the Google Cloud Startup Award. His platform democratizes big data analysis, enabling businesses to independently train algorithms to predict behavior patterns, significantly impacting global technology trends.
Masters in Bird Watching (Ornithology): Renowned data scientist and A.I. trendsetter, Jean-Philippe, blends his unique expertise in natural sciences to pioneer sustainable tech that mimics Nature’s efficiency and balance to create environmentally conscious and technologically advanced business models shaping our future.
Serial Entrepreneur and Scholar: Jean-Philippe’s diverse academic knowledge, with Masters degrees in Demographics, Economics, Science Politics, and Ornithology, gives him a unique ability to understand complex global issues, blending science with practical applications in sustainable business and tech innovation. His journey through high-profile positions, such as the Cepphar Foundation, Dun & Bradstreet, and as Federal Chief of Cabinet, showcases his capacity to influence and impact on an international scale.
0:47 | Going from ornithology to studying economics and A.I.
2:39 | Why A.I. can replace creativity AND have a positive impact
3:36 | What ants have in common with Waze and self-driving cars
6:48 | On becoming an A.I. tech entrepreneur to bridge the “digital gap”
9:26 | Why less than 10% of the A.I. technologies talked about by the press will actually change the world
12:13 | The philosophy of “fairness” that drives his business decisions
16:09 | Unexpected lessons from the Arctic Tern, a bird that regularly flies across the world
17:58 | What if an A.I. assistant could predict the behaviour of a company based on certain signals?
21:26 | Why machine learning needs to be supervised by the business leaders, not the data scientists
23:55 | The Award-Winning A.I. tool that got Google’s attention
26:15 | What is self machine-learning?
27:17 | What you’ll be able to do with Axonjay for your business
29:53 | Will the machines become self-aware?
35:02 | Advice for people who want to create something new using A.I.
37:03 | What we can learn about time and resilience from nature
38:40 | Why regressions are so powerful
39:40 | The hardest thing about entrepreneurship
40:56 | This is going to be bigger than the industrial revolution or the Internet
42:20 | The crushing responsibility business people have
“Nature has already been here for more than 4 billion years – that’s a hell of an algorithm!...nature never created a by-product. It upcycles, downcycles…Everything is reused, and that should be an inspiring environment for each entrepreneur…Every solution is in nature. We just need to look outside."
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