ICAI

The International Conference Automatics and Informatics (ICAI) traditionally is held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria during the John Atanasoff days in October every year. The conference has over 55 years of history and has significantly contributed to the development of automation and computer technology in Bulgaria.

Since 2020 conference organizers are the John Atanasoff Society of Automatics and Informatics, Technical University of Varna, IEEE by Bulgarian section and Federation of the Scientific Engineering Unions in Bulgaria. The conference program for ICAI’26 includes: Plenary session, Invited symposia and Workshops, Scientific sessions, Young researchers school and Company presentations and Exhibitions.The purpose of the conference is to bring together international researchers and industrial practitioners interested in the development and implementation of modern technologies for automation, information, computer science, artificial intelligence and others.

The organizing committee of the conference is inviting interested researchers and professionals to submit papers describing significant scientific achievements and innovations in all scientific areas of the conference.

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Letter from the Presidency

in Bulgarian

PLENARY SESSION

The Hybrid Intelligence Scenario as a Potential Partnership between Humans and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Arthur Kordon

Abstract
Recent exponential growth of the capabilities of frontier AI models raises a realistic expectation of achieving the ambitious goal of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in the foreseeable future. The objective of the plenary talk is to discuss the opportunities this major technological breakthrough may offer and to raise warnings about the big challenges that need to be overcome. One of the fundamental issues in this period is developing a reliable long-term strategy of partnership between humans and the growing, dominating cognitive power of AGI. A potential scenario is Hybrid Intelligence, defined as a framework of methods, approaches, and tools to balance the interactions between humans and AI. The key capabilities and advantages of this proposed option will be discussed, along with examples. Of special importance will be emphasizing the need to focus on addressing social issues in the era of highly productive technologies, such as AGI.

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