“Don’t treat technology as if it were human”
In the AI debate, people often talk about the technology as if it were human. But as Ulf Danielsson points out, there are big differences between human and artificial intelligence. And perhaps the real risk is that we will become too lazy to think for ourselves.
Living well with AI chatbots
COLUMN: How does using chatbots affect people? Will the expectation that others will be “at your service” become mainstream? Thomas Lennerfors and Mikael Laaksoharju write about the risks posed by the way we use new technology.
Social training for robots
FILM & TEXT: Can robots serve as teachers, personal assistants or support for health service staff? At Uppsala Social Robotics Lab, researchers are trying to design and develop robots with social skills.
The AI tool quickly became good at Swedish
The AI tool Chat-GPT has stunned the world with its good language use. But how did the language model become so good at Swedish? We asked Joakim Nivre, Professor of Computational Linguistics.
AI may also replace skilled professions
When work tasks are replaced by new technology, changes in the labour market follow. Research shows that this has historically led to more jobs overall rather than fewer. But with the entry of AI into the workplace, this situation may change.
An algorithm for improving age assessments
Can AI tell how old we are? Anders Hast has developed an algorithm that will hopefully be more reliable than the methods currently used to assess people’s age.
More themes
Curious about more research that can expand your perspectives? Do you want to know how our brain works, learn how you can contribute to the green transition, or explore the state of democracy in the world?
