Jean-Louis Dessalles

Jean-Louis Dessalles is an Associate Professor at Telecom Paris (Institut Polytechnique de Paris). He holds degrees from Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom Paris. His research bridges artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive science, focusing on Simplicity Theory—a framework explaining relevance and interest through formal mechanisms. He developed models explaining honest communication and prosocial behavior without cooperation assumptions.

• Education: Ecole Polytechnique & Telecom Paris

His work analyzes differences between human and artificial intelligence, emphasizing cognitive operations like contrast detection and simplicity assessment. Recent publications include Des intelligences très artificielles (2019) critiquing narrow-AI limitations and advocating interdisciplinary approaches. His theories address broad inference from sparse data, a key human capability absent in current AI systems.

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Advising and grants details unavailable. His research involves collaborations on interdisciplinary projects like Le fil de la vie (2016), co-authored with two researchers, exploring biological and cognitive foundations of intelligence.