Artificial Intelligence

Drowning in Degrees of Freedom: One Agent for Every Task
Invited talk as part of the Early Career Spotlight (ECS) program at IJCAI-ECAI 2026, which highlights early-career researchers who have made significant contributions to AI.
19 Aug 2026 Congress Centrum Bremen
Why AI Feels Smart (and Why That's Dangerous)
An online talk on why AI systems feel intelligent, and why that impression can be misleading, given to the FEDSA (Frontend Engineering and Design South Africa) community.
1 Feb 2026 Online
Video
Old Problems, New Tools: AI in the Cradle of Humankind
A talk on applying AI to data from the Cradle of Humankind, given at the Entropy Symposium at the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival.
1 Nov 2025 Tshimologong Precinct
Elephants Still Don't Play Chess
A talk on why embodied, robot-centred approaches may be needed for real progress in artificial intelligence.
22 Oct 2025 MIND Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Directions
Building an AI-Ready Workforce: What Should IT Teams Learn?
A talk on what skills IT teams need to work effectively with AI and ML tools, given at IT Indaba’s inaugural South African edition.
21 Oct 2025 Sandton Convention Centre
Brains and Bodies
A talk on embodied approaches to artificial intelligence, given at the Deep Learning Indaba.
1 Aug 2025 University of Rwanda
Using AI for Research
A talk on using AI tools effectively in academic research, given at the International Relations PhD Retreat.
1 Nov 2024 University of the Witwatersrand