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Nobel Laureate in Physics 2024 John Hopfield and the dangers of unchecked AI.

U.S. scientist John Hopfield, recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), has issued a troubling warning about the rapid advances in this technology. Hopfield, professor emeritus at Princeton University,…

When financial values make no sense, expressing nothing, the absurd.

The financialization of the economy in the age of AI Here’s a staggering piece of news that appeared yesterday on the website of Kotaku, a news/com company specialising in the games sector: ” Nvidia has just grown by $329 billion…

One year into the AI boom: What are the challenges for education?

There is an urgent need to move from an instrumental use of AI to new didactics that problematize the context, accompanied by a focus on building learning communities. It was in November 2022 that the new version of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5…

Alter ego’? Microsoft chatbot wants to be worshipped as a deity

A Microsoft spokesperson said a series of commands caused the artificial intelligence virtual assistant to behave erratically. Users reported on social media that Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) virtual assistant, Copilot, was generating strange responses in which it demanded to be…

EU reaches agreement on landmark artificial intelligence law

European Union (EU) lawmakers and member states reached an agreement on rules governing artificial intelligence (AI). “Historic! The EU becomes the first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI,” European internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said on…

Artificial intelligence has impact and revolutionises social development

Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an enabler of futures poses crucial challenges in the ambit of research and the formation of professionals. In an ever-changing world, universities are gearing up to prepare future generations for jobs and leadership roles that do…

Digital intelligence: challenges of the times

Internet Citizen interviewed Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami of IT for Change, India, on the challenges facing the world, and in particular the Global South, with the artificial intelligence revolution. IT for Change has produced several studies on digital technologies,…

Artificial intelligence can create more jobs, not destroy them

A new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has concluded that Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more likely to increase jobs than destroy them by automating some tasks rather than taking them over entirely. Generative AI is a type…

First debate at UN Security Council on risks and benefits of Artificial Intelligence

With the contribution of experts on the subject and a final call for concerted action, the United Nations Security Council debated for the first time the new realities that the international community is facing with the so-called “artificial intelligence”. In…

Noam Chomsky Speaks on What ChatGPT Is Really Good For

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is sweeping the world. It is transforming every walk of life and raising in the process major ethical concerns for society and the future of humanity. ChatGPT, which is dominating social media, is an AI-powered chatbot developed…

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