Looking at the whole picture
We live in a time when not only the future, but also our idea of the future is rapidly changing. Digital technologies are increasingly...
Fact Check: AI, machine learning and the black box
The terms artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning are often used interchangeably, which does injustice to the development in the field. AI is...
Participating instead of watching
It is obvious that the next generation of “digital natives” – people who have not known a world without the Internet – have a...
Steering the predictors: it‘s up to us to decide
Advanced data analytics allows researchers to recognize patterns, predict outcomes, assign probabilities. Robots equipped with artificial intelligence can read human expressions and feelings, diagnose...
Dealing responsibly with technological progress
How much technological progress does society tolerate? Will artificial intelligence, self-learning algorithms, advancing digitization and robotics moving forward make our future truly predictable? And...
Susanne Gaschke: There is only one right
It’s very difficult to recruit younger readers to paper because the propaganda against papers was “whoever reads papers is not up to date technologically”....
Michal Kosinski: You are the product
If you are a heavy user of a smartphone, that’s how you are leaving your digital footprints. If you throw your smartphone away, you...
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann: Robots support us humans
Nadine was recognized as the most realistic robot in the world because she is really a copy of me and my daughters and the...
Measuring the Future
Is human behavior becoming more and more predictable through the combination of intelligent algorithms and the digital footprint? What are the consequences of this...
Is Privacy an Illusion?
Artificial intelligence and digital technologies were the focus of the 9th Surprise Factors Symposium of ACADEMIA SUPERIOR. The invited experts discussed the risks and...
