Day: February 3, 2023
Big brother meets machines: the importance of human supervision of AI decision-making
In 2019, the National Health Service (NHS) teamed up with Amazon to provide elderly people, blind people and other patients with Alexa, an AI-powered voice assistant that aids these patients in retrieving NHS verified health advice [1]. With this approach, the NHS aims to relieve the workload of healthcare employees. While AI seems to take […]
Read MoreThe power AI gives big tech companies is a threat to our mental health and society
Have you ever considered the power artificial intelligence (AI) gives big tech companies? Do you know what they do with all the data they collect from you? Do you know how much they know about you? Are you aware that the AI that is used by these companies is a threat to your mental health […]
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Artificial Intelligence to lift up the elderly
In today’s society, we are experiencing a global shift in the population distribution towards old age due to higher life expectancies. It is expected that the number of humans aged 80 years or older will rise in threefold between 2020 and 2050, reaching a total of 426 million. Due to biological reasons, older adults are […]
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Strong AI requires a strong vision: Why AGI needs to be open source
With the release of the new AI chatbot ‘ChatGPT’ by OpenAI, it became clear that something had changed. Not necessarily in the core technology behind the chatbot, but more so in the societal impact that such an AI tool can have. The tool brings about low effort access to an advanced text generation system for […]
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Revolutionize education: Integrate ChatGPT into the school system
Sunday morning, I am cozied up on the couch at my parents’ house. Behind me, I hear my sister typing hastily. Frustrated, she comes to me. “I don’t want to work on this stupid report anymore! It all feels so useless.” My sister is working on yet another reflection report she has to write for […]
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