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DossierThe impacts of artificial intelligence
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) raise both expectations and misgivings. The advent of ChatGPT shows that this technology is developing faster than society’s capacity to...
The artificial intelligences developed to date are specific to very concrete tasks. However, they do not have...
The polarisation and segregation fuelled by algorithms may end up shaping the city. AI feeds off itself and, as if it were an infinite mirror, it insists on showing us what it...
Artificial intelligence technologies are an expression of who we are. When everything is possible, what do we decide to do? This is a perfect technology for both creation and...
Creative skills can currently be reproduced using deep learning and neural networks, but their true potential...
The impact of artificial intelligence is coupled with a growing concern over the ethical, social and...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising medicine and healthcare. There are already developments that...
AI has the potential to help manage complex processes, such as mobility, in city life. Simulators and servers that match people offering their cars with those who need to get...
When artificial intelligence is used in scenarios that impact millions of people, governance challenges and ethical dilemmas arise. How can we be sure that algorithmic decisions...
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