Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN

The recent rise in relevance and diffusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based systems and the increasing number and power of applications of AI methods invites a profound reflection on the impact of these innovative systems on scientific research and society at large. The Universal Scientific Edu...

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Main Authors: Tommaso Dorigo, Gary D. Brown, Carlo Casonato, Artemi Cerda, Joseph Ciarrochi, Mauro da Lio, Nicole D'Souza, Nicolas R. Gauger, Steven C. Hayes, Stefan G. Hofmann, Robert Johansson, Marcus Liwicki, Fabien Lotte, Juan J. Nieto, Giulia Olivato, Peter Parnes, George Perry, Alice Plebe, Idupulapati M. Rao, Nima Rezaei, Fredrik Sandin, Andrey Ustyuzhanin, Giorgio Vallortigara, Pietro Vischia, Niloufar Yazdanpanah
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Stefan G. Hofmann
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Fabien Lotte
Juan J. Nieto
Giulia Olivato
Peter Parnes
George Perry
Alice Plebe
Idupulapati M. Rao
Nima Rezaei
Fredrik Sandin
Andrey Ustyuzhanin
Giorgio Vallortigara
Pietro Vischia
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description The recent rise in relevance and diffusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based systems and the increasing number and power of applications of AI methods invites a profound reflection on the impact of these innovative systems on scientific research and society at large. The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), an organization that promotes initiatives to support interdisciplinary science and education across borders and actively works to improve science policy, collects here the vision of its Advisory Board members, together with a selection of AI experts, to summarize how we see developments in this exciting technology impacting science and society in the foreseeable future. In this review, we first attempt to establish clear definitions of intelligence and consciousness, then provide an overview of AI’s state of the art and its applications. A discussion of the implications, opportunities, and liabilities of the diffusion of AI for research in a few representative fields of science follows this. Finally, we address the potential risks of AI to modern society, suggest strategies for mitigating those risks, and present our conclusions and recommendations.
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The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), an organization that promotes initiatives to support interdisciplinary science and education across borders and actively works to improve science policy, collects here the vision of its Advisory Board members, together with a selection of AI experts, to summarize how we see developments in this exciting technology impacting science and society in the foreseeable future. In this review, we first attempt to establish clear definitions of intelligence and consciousness, then provide an overview of AI’s state of the art and its applications. A discussion of the implications, opportunities, and liabilities of the diffusion of AI for research in a few representative fields of science follows this. Finally, we address the potential risks of AI to modern society, suggest strategies for mitigating those risks, and present our conclusions and recommendations.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10839366/Artificial intelligencescientific researchscience ethicscomputer sciencephysicsmedicine
spellingShingle Tommaso Dorigo
Gary D. Brown
Carlo Casonato
Artemi Cerda
Joseph Ciarrochi
Mauro da Lio
Nicole D'Souza
Nicolas R. Gauger
Steven C. Hayes
Stefan G. Hofmann
Robert Johansson
Marcus Liwicki
Fabien Lotte
Juan J. Nieto
Giulia Olivato
Peter Parnes
George Perry
Alice Plebe
Idupulapati M. Rao
Nima Rezaei
Fredrik Sandin
Andrey Ustyuzhanin
Giorgio Vallortigara
Pietro Vischia
Niloufar Yazdanpanah
Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN
IEEE Access
Artificial intelligence
scientific research
science ethics
computer science
physics
medicine
title Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN
title_full Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN
title_fullStr Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN
title_full_unstemmed Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN
title_short Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN
title_sort artificial intelligence in science and society the vision of usern
topic Artificial intelligence
scientific research
science ethics
computer science
physics
medicine
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10839366/
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