Interview with Luc De Raedt: talking probabilistic logic, neurosymbolic AI, and explainability

Should AI continue to be driven by a single paradigm, or does real progress lie in combining the strengths and weaknesses of many? Professor Luc De Raedt of KU Leuven has spent much of his career persistently addressing this question. Through pioneering work that bridges logic, probability, and machine learning, he has helped shape the field of neurosymbolic AI. In our conversation at IJCAI 2025 in Montreal, he spoke about what continues to fascinate him in this line of research, how he responds to criticisms of neurosymbolic AI, and why reconciling multiple paradigms is such an exciting challenge. Hello Professor De Raedt, thank you very much for joining me.