Can Machines Truly Innovate? Why AI Might Already Be Smarter Than You Think
From snowboarding epiphanies to billion-dollar fabs, Jepson Taylor has had a career defined by risky decisions and hard-earned lessons. In this engaging and unpredictable keynote from MLOps World | GenAI Summit 2024, Jepson explores how adaptation, storytelling, and agent-based systems are reshaping the boundaries of intelligence.
What begins with a chaotic decision-making framework quickly evolves into a profound reflection on how LLMs might outpace PhDs, how generative AI is transforming art and software, and why the next wave of machine learning may come from agents inventing their own algorithms.
This talk was recorded during MLOps Word | GenAI Summit 2024 which took place at the Austin Renaissance Hotel.
Presentation Highlights
This talk is for AI practitioners, researchers, and innovators seeking to understand where intelligence and innovation intersect in the GenAI era:
- How storytelling, emotional memory, and chaos influence real-world decision-making
- Why adaptation—not strength or intelligence—drives AI success in rapidly changing environments
- How AI systems can now invent novel optimization algorithms and outperform legacy techniques
- How AI systems can now invent novel optimization algorithms and outperform legacy techniques
- Why tomorrow’s breakthrough AI may be inspired by biological, fictional, or purely random prompts
About The Speaker
Jepson Taylor is the CEO of VEOX and former Chief AI Evangelist at DataRobot. Known for his provocative takes and deep experience across hedge funds, high-stakes startups, and enterprise AI, Jepson now explores the edge of AI evolution, including agentic workflows and machine-led research.
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