Jean Arnaud
Entrepreneur I Educator I Philosopher I Artist
My
Work
He has done nothing, who has not sought to accomplish something greater than oneself.
— Jean Arnaud
As a Tech-entrepreneur
I am a serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of Nova, a company that aims to accelerate academic and corporate research with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). I live between Nice-Cannes (France), London (UK), and Boston (USA). I have had the chance to speak at different venues and institutions, such as SXSW and Harvard, about the future of AI-empowered research and the future of higher education and K-12 schools. I I also developed an AI-Tutor for an educational group called Open Mind and its educational laboratory, aiming to transform education. I believe that technology should have a significant impact, and because education is the very foundation of the ideal society we want to achieve, I strive to make education more efficient through knowledge application and personalized to help each student realize their true potential through technology.
The future of Research empowered by AI
With Yann Lecun
@Northeastern University
G-Monk
@Harvard XRxAI
With my co-panelists
@Akeneo, Boston.
@CIC, Cambridge.
With Yvonne Hao
@Imagination in action, MIT
With my co-panelists
@SXSW
@MIT Technology Review
@SXSWedu, Austin.
With Jason Palmer
@GSV+ASU Summit, San diego
With Prof. Manolis Kellis
@MIT
With Team France
@FACCNE Awards
With John Werner & Link venture
@MIT
Education is about helping individuals reach their true potential and guiding them to collectively contribute to something greater: humanity.
— Jean Arnaud
As a professor
and an educator
As a professor and educator, I have continued my exploration of AI and the impact of new technologies like the metaverse by leading various projects in digital, immersive, and interactive environments. These initiatives include teaching Latin, history, and philosophy in ancient Rome, making the experience more engaging and dynamic by enabling dialogues with AI-embodied smart avatars of figures such as Julius Caesar, Cicero, and Marcus Aurelius.
I have also spearheaded hands-on projects for active learning and participated in the creation of innovative, interdisciplinary modules that emphasize philosophy to develop critical thinking and art to foster creativity. My projects have included the development of video games, digital songs, movies, 3D interactive sculptures in the metaverse, and painting in VR. Additionally, I developed an entrepreneurship program where students prepared and pitched their entrepreneurial projects during a Shark Tank-style event, with eminent experts serving as the jury.
I have been awarded several times for the quality of my teaching and my innovation by France, Uk and USA.
Open Mind International Academy
The Future of Education: AI mentors (powered by Nova) and Immersive-Interactive Environments in VR.
Open Mind International Academy
The Future of Education: AI Smart Iconic Mentor Avatars like Julius Caesar for History, Marcus Aurelius for Philosophy, or Einstein for Physics.
Write a book with AI
The Future will be built at Yale.
Shark Tank 10-11th grade
With Steve Owens
@Harvard
Apple vision pro
@ the center of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Art is what gives the world its soul.
— Jean Arnaud
As a writer and artist
As a writer and artist, I explore the inner forces at work in the creative process and the ontological metamorphosis through the demiurgic effort. I seek to understand to what extent new technologies deepen the artistic experience for both the creator and the spectator, who becomes a collaborator participating in the enhancement of the aesthetic experience.I am recognized as a leader of the digital renaissance with my symphonic and palimpsestic experiences that unfold layers of multiple meanings within the unity of the artwork. I gave several conferences to talk about my 'trophies,' 'my soliloquies,' and my multilayered 3D statue in the metaverse, Prometheus the Dawnbringer, along with my dynamic art explorations in physical versions, digital versions, or assisted by AI. There are no better critics than artists themselves, who can bring from their own experience all the novelty of the invisible whispers they heard in their quest. They are the best to develop philosophical insight about their explorations.
Avec Gaëtan Bruel
@Villa Albertine, NYC
@SXSW, Austin
With my co-panelists
@NFT NYC
Avec Jerry Saltz, Artnews
@NYC
@NFT NYC
@NFT NYC
@ATTN Live, NYC
@French Library, Boston.
@Artech, Miami
Community
Development
As a dedicated member of the local community, I have taken on multiple roles to foster innovation and support future generations. As a board member of French Tech Boston, I organize events and secure partnerships to invigorate the local tech scene. My involvement extends to the Cambridge Rotary Club, where I work to assist students with tuition fees, helping them gain access to some of the world's leading universities. Additionally, I serve on the board of Blockchain Innov, organizing cutting-edge tech events, including those at the Cannes Festival and the AI Summit, and partnering with Forbes. As a founding team member of Aethos, the AI hub situated at the heart of global innovation within CIC-MIT, I am committed to driving advancements and creating a vibrant ecosystem for technological growth and collaboration
With my co-founders Sam Rowe and Aethos Nemo, JP and Andrea.
@CIC, Cambridge
Siemens Metaverse
@MIT Media Lab
With Yi-An
@Harvard
With French Tech Boston
@CIC, Cambridge
With Lori Glover, Warren Wilson, Brian Potts
@MIT CSAIL
@Maison de France, Cambridge