Meet George Todoran, Principal AI Architect, about the Past, Present, and Future of AI

In this episode, I'm interviewing George Todoran (  / ion-george-todoran-ph-d-56b89033  , Principal AI Architect at BMW TechWorks and former colleague with over 15 years of hands-on ML and AI experience. George holds a PhD in signal processing from Télécom Bretagne and has worked across France, Canada, Japan, and Romania, from real-time sonar and computer vision to satellite imagery mapping and knowledge graphs. The video covers: 🔹 The Past: How AI evolved from Claude Shannon's early neural network work to today's breakthroughs 🔹 The Present: the current state of AI adoption, common tools (Claude Code, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity), and open-source LLMs for confidential data 🔹 The Future: what to expect in AI over the next 5 years, whether developers should worry about being replaced, and how companies can adopt AI without costly mistakes. Whether you're a developer, an architect, or just curious about AI, this conversation will offer you tips on getting the best out of AI. 💬 Let us know in the comments what you're struggling with in your AI adoption journey, as George and I can address the issues you are facing in a future episode.