What does AI4SocialGood mean and how can technology be used for societal and social benefit? Our author explores this question and presents some examples of such projects. Technology in itself is neither good nor bad, and can be used for different purposes. The discourse on the possible risks and consequences of using technology, especially artificial […]
Various mental health apps have been developed to support clinical professionals and patients. What is already possible today and what does it have to do with augmented intelligence? In Switzerland, 25.9% of the Swiss population reported mild, 5.9% moderate and 2.8% severe depression symptoms in 2017, an increase compared to the previous survey in 2012 […]
Pre-trained language models such as word vectors can contain social stereotypes, which can lead to software making discriminatory decisions. Based on the results of the first study, researchers from IDAS at the Bern University of Applied Sciences have now investigated further stereotypes hidden in word vectors. The results were published in the journal Frontiers in […]
In the past, artificial intelligence (AI) was often portrayed as one that could one day replace humans. Today, it is assumed that this will not be the case in the foreseeable future, nor should it be. That is why we now talk about augmented intelligence instead of artificial intelligence. For a long time, the goal […]
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