The last issue of Vanguardia Dossier magazine is entitled The era of artificial intelligence. In this publication’s 90th issue, corresponding to the third quarter of January/March 2024, a selection of global experts dissects from all areas the impact that a technology that will be key to the future of humanity has and will have.
One of the essential aspects in the debate about this technology is that of governance. The first article is signed by Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and Gzero Media, and Mustafa Suleyman, executive director and co-founder of Inflection AI and DeepMind, analyze how AI will usher in a radical change in the structure of the world power, as it threatens the position of nation states as the world’s main geopolitical agents.
Bill Drexel, research associate in the technology and national security program of the Center for a New Security of the United States (CNAS), also asserts that AI will alter the power of states in the same way that it will alter fundamental aspects of the human condition, by which expects the fundamental values ??of the strength that this new technology has to be determined.
Benjamin Cedric Larsen, head of the AI ??and Machine Learning Project at the World Economic Forum, points to the great opportunity that technology offered to create a global digital ecosystem and outlines how mistrust between countries causes them to want to control the entire technological production chain, from hardware to software.
Anu Bradford, professor of Law and International Organization at the University of, questions who owns the revolution brought about by AI, companies or governments.
Ulises A. Mejías, professor of communication studies at the State University of New York, proposes how a technology based on data extractivism can mean a new colonialism.
Manuel Muñiz Villa, international rector of IE University and dean of its School of Political Science, Economics and Global Affairs, indicates how the development of technology can impact security, the economy, the legitimacy of democracy and risk for civilization.
The risks posed by AI and the fears it arouses are the basis of the article by Senén Barro Ameneiro, director of the Citius (Intelligent Technology Research Center) of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Ramón López de Mántaras, founder and former director of the CSIC Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, explains that focusing efforts on preventing future damage from AI diverts attention from the real damage it is already causing today.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom states in an interview that “AI could be a risk to the existence of humanity”.
Nuria Oliver, scientific director of the Ellis Alicantes Foundation, calls for the use of technology to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Diego Comín, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth University, studies the impact of artificial intelligence and its impact on the economy.
Fabrice Joterrand, a professor at the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the Medical College of Wisconsin, calls for evaluating the benefits of AI before placing restrictions on it.
John Villasenor, non-resident principal researcher at the Center for Technological Innovation (Brookings) assures that AI will improve efficiency and free up work in the legal profession.
Finally, Jeff Jarvis, director of the Tow-Knight Center for Business Journalism, analyzes what impact the big language models will have on journalism and writing.
