AI and Us - what Artificial Intelligence means for our lives
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 10: How is AI changing our lives?
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If AI is to be better utilised in medicine, the machines would have to be fed individual datasets. But especially with regard to health data, many peo...
Episode 09: Can AI make the world a better place?
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No technology is inherently all good or all bad. It depends how we use it. AI helps some global players to increase their turnover. In the service of ...
Episode 08: Will AI outstrip us?
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, an AI completed Ludwig van Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony. Experts and listeners were enthusiastic. Will AI soon outstrip us, at lea...
Episode 07: Can AI be like us?
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An AI that is so like us that we can’t tell it apart from a human being is a scary thought. The idea is sinister, but a long way from reality. At le...
Epidsode 06: Can we rely on AI?
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Time and again, AI hits the headlines for making mistakes. In some cases, they are very minor, and the consequences are not usually serious. But when ...
Episode 05: How does AI think?
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Essentially, artificial neural networks are based on the human brain. Artificial neurons “fire” and respond to stimuli. But unlike us, AI has no u...
Episode 04: Do we know what AI is doing?
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Banks get computer programmes to assess whether their clients are credit worthy. Computer software helps to select personnel. How and why the AI makes...
Episode 03: How do machines learn?
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016, the South Korean Go player Lee Sedol lost four out of five matches against the computer programme AlphaGo. The 37th move of the second meetin...
Episode 02: Where does AI kick in?
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Voice assistants like Siri or Alexa know where the nearest Italian restaurant is. But are they really intelligent? In Episode 2, “AI and Us” looks...
Episode 01: How is AI benefitting us today?
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In medicine, artificial intelligence is an important aid. Amongst other things, it helps to identify tumours. AI quickly and reliably translates from ...
Trailer: AI and Us - what Artificial Intelligence means for our lives
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AI between a promising future and a brave new world. Leading AI experts talk about their research field: What can AI already do? How does it learn? An...