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Virginia Dignum

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🇵🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 Prof #A.I @umeauniversity; member @UN Advisory Group on AI; @wasp_hs; author; speaker; #responsibleAI bit.ly/2WxEkQU

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
📢 I've moved my blog Thinking in Public has a new home: lnkd.in/eB-zYs7p Ghost is open source, non-profit foundation, funded by users. For a blog about how #AI shapes power, work and values, it matters where the words live and who profits from them. Subscribe here: thinking-in-public.ghost.io
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Thinking in Public | Virginia Dignum | 46 comments
No, AI will not kill us all. The danger is not AI taking control. It is companies taking none of the responsibility. Over the past days, journalists from five countries asked me about AI "taking co...
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
On #PopeLeoXIV #MagnificaHumanitas ❇️ 3 things right: #AIgovernance is a power issue, autonomous weapons, information environment. 🔴 3 weaknesses: AI is not inevitable, misses QuestionZero, anthropomorphisation is theologically incoherent blog: reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/05/magn...
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Today marks the 52nd anniversary of "25 de Abril", the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. I was almost ten then. Too young to fully understand, but old enough to know something was wrong before, and that what was happening was big. #25Abril #Portugal #democracy #liberty
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
If you're near Umeå, Sweden, see @vdignum.bsky.social tomorrow (26 April) at 2:00 pm CEST at Bildmuseet! In conversation with museum director and curator Katarina Pierre, Dignum will discuss her new book, The AI Paradox, followed by a signing. This free talk will be held in English: buff.ly/GPXO3dW
The AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future by Virginia DignumVirginia Dignum
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
If you're near Umeå, Sweden, see @vdignum.bsky.social next week, 26 April at 2:00 pm CEST at Bildmuseet! In conversation with museum director and curator Katarina Pierre, Dignum will discuss her new book, The AI Paradox, followed by a signing. This free talk will be held in English: buff.ly/GPXO3dW
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social has been reviewed by @bentarnoff.com for @thenation.com: “by probing the riddles and antinomies that exist below the surface, Dignum gives the general reader a truer gauge of the subject’s depth.” Read the full review:
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What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?
Separating out the myths and facts of AI.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Great speed presentations by ADD team followed by a thought provoking reflection talk by @vdignum.bsky.social centering on the human responsibility in deciding on, developing, and deploying AI
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acemaxx analytics @acemaxx.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The #AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social Febr 2026 @princetonupress.bsky.social I just posted a #book review (in German)—it’s definitely worth reading and truly insightful and refreshing. I’m working on an English version, coming soon acemaxx-analytics-dispinar.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
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acemaxx analytics @acemaxx.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The #AI Paradox #Book Review The AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future @vdignum.bsky.social Febr 17, 2026 @princetonupress.bsky.social London 2026. acemaxxanalytics.substack.com/p/the-ai-par...
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The AI Paradox
Book Review
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acemaxx analytics @acemaxx.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
(I started reading an awesome new #book) The #AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future by @vdignum.bsky.social Prof. Virginia Dignum @princetonupress.bsky.social Febr 17. 2026. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In The AI Paradox, @vdignum.bsky.social cuts through the hype and sensationalism that often surround #AI and reveals why the most profound questions it raises are not about technology but ourselves. Out now! Read a free sample of this powerful book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Technology
The AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future by Virginia Dignum. A user’s guide to navigating the intricate, often contradictory relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Andrew Robinson calls @vdignum.bsky.social's The AI Paradox a "stimulating analysis." Read the full review in @nature.com's Books in Brief:
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Modelling the cosmos and imagining a future without meat: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A piece in Science asks whether he should hire AI instead of a graduate student. But this is not about #AI. We are confusing speed and quantity with quality and relevance. Academia is about mentoring knowledge not efficiency. Blog: reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/03/when... #academia #Mentorship
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When Speed Becomes the Enemy of Knowledge: Academia's Quiet Crisis
When Speed Becomes the Enemy of Knowledge: Academia's Quiet Crisis A recent piece in Science. " Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate s...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A user’s guide to navigating the intricate, often contradictory relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence. The AI Paradox by Virginia Dignum is now available! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Technology #Innovation #Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
The AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future by Virginia Dignum
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Forskning & Framsteg @fof.se · 26/02/2026
Sveriges AI-strategi som kom förra veckan bygger på en missuppfattning om att reglering hindrar utvecklingen av digitala tjänster. Vår forskning visar tvärtom att reglering kan gynna både svensk AI-utveckling och medborgarnas rättigheter, skriver Virginia Dignum och Maja Fjæstad.
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”Regeringen missar att reglering kan gynna AI-utvecklingen” | Forskning & Framsteg
”Krånglet ska bort!” Det var ett viktigt slagord när den nuvarande EU-kommissionen under hösten 2025 lanserade ”Digital Omnibus” – ett initiativ för att förenkla regelverk. …
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
20 Books to Read in February as recommended by @grandcontinent.bsky.social includes the new book by @vdignum.bsky.social, The AI Paradox! @florianlouis.bsky.social calls it ‘[Un] petit livre percutant’ – read the full review here:
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20 livres à lire en février 2026 | Le Grand Continent
On répète souvent que le futur n'a jamais été aussi incertain, que le présent nous appelle, que l'histoire bégaie. Mais on n'en prend pas mieux la mesure qu'en lisant. Pour nous aider à sortir de…
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@vdignum.bsky.social's The AI Paradox is a user’s guide to navigating the intricate, often contradictory relationship between #ArtificialIntelligence and human intelligence. Arrives 17 February. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #ReadUP #Technology #AI
The AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future by Virginia Dignum. A user’s guide to navigating the intricate, often contradictory relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
New blog: When Agentic Goes Rogue, reflecting on Science article www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...: the real risk isn’t autonomy, but autonomy without coordination, institutions, or accountability. ➡️ reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/01/when... #AgenticAI #AIAlignment #AIGovernance #Democracy
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When “Agentic” Goes Rogue:  Why Coordination Matters More Than Autonomy This recent Science article on malicious AI swarms offers a soberin...
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Kris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement. @olivia.science @abeba.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @rocher.lc @danmcquillan.bsky.social @robin.berjon.com & many others have signed www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social is “a nuanced, hopeful vision of a future with human intelligence amplified, not overwhelmed, by machine intelligence.” Read the full Kirkus review:
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THE AI PARADOX | Kirkus Reviews
In this optimistic take, the seductive skills of AI systems are pitted against the complexity of human intelligence.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
sharing our new article on the role of regulation for #AI therapist chatbots. with @jasonetucker.bsky.social and @petterericson.bsky.social AI Policy Lab @Umeå University #ResponsibleAI #AIgovernance
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
I was privileged to attend #MLIndaba2025 #MLI2025 #Urunana www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
My comments on Mustafa Suleyman ill-called 'seemingly conscious AI' 🤦‍♀️ www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...
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Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of 'AI psychosis' | Virginia Dignum | 13 comments
I agree with Mustafa Suleyman on this, there is every reason to be concerned about the growing psychological dependency on AI. But framing the problem as ‘seemingly conscious AI causing psychosis’ i...
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
@jswanljung.bsky.social ha ha first thing I see on linkedin www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... cc @vdignum.bsky.social
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My comments on #Sweden prime minister use of #AI chatbots made it to The Guardian 😀 | Virginia Dignum | 16 comments
My comments on #Sweden prime minister use of #AI chatbots made it to The Guardian 😀 https://lnkd.in/eXJPXW9t Here, in Swedish, the original article https://lnkd.in/eQ6GSRrS #ResponsibleAI #AIgover...
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Trump’s AI plan swaps ethics and environmental safeguards for unilateral dominance, betraying the human‑centred cooperation the world needs. Unilateral AI domination jeopardizes us all. #AI #ResponsibleAI #AIforAll #AIgovernance #globalAI www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...
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Trump’s new AI agenda, which prioritizes unilateral national dominance, discarding environmental safeguards and ethical guardrails, and rejecting any ‘woke’ value, stands in direct opposition to the… ...
Trump’s new AI agenda, which prioritizes unilateral national dominance, discarding environmental safeguards and ethical guardrails, and rejecting any ‘woke’ value, stands in direct opposition to the c...
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
#AI for Good of who? of whom? Thank you @abeba.bsky.social for denouncing this charade and say loud and clear what many of us commenting on: #ITU's summit is more about washing than responsibility #aiforgood
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Steffen Staab @ststaab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
@unistuttgartiris.bsky.social presents its work to our wonderful advisory board - @vdignum.bsky.social, Bob Williamson, and Jens Birkholzer. @csindermann.bsky.social gave a great about the biases of people when seeking information from large-language models.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Going completely out of my comfort zone, I'm sharing this short scifi I just wrote, when challenged to imagine a possible future where all AI development and use is responsible. Comments are much welcome, but be gentle 😊, never attempted writing fiction before... www.linkedin.com/pulse/click-...
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Click to care
It started with a sentence in the screen: “You don't build machines; you build futures.” When Noor clicked Accept, she didn’t know she’d just enrolled in the world’s most rigorous AI ethics program.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
If you are working on how AI shapes and is shaped by society, this is your opportunity to join us as a fellow in 2026 at AI Policy Lab @Umeå University 🕐 Deadline: 1 June, 17:00 CET #AIpolicy #AIgovernance #AIethics #responsibleAI #AI aipolicylab.se/call-for-fel...
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Call for Fellowships Jan-June 2026
Are you working on groundbreaking ideas in AI policy, ethics, or governance? Do you have experience in interdisciplinary settings and thrive in collaborative environments? The AI Policy Lab at Umeå…
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
New publication! As US platforms resist regulation, Europe has a chance to lead by building transparent, interoperable social media aligned with #humanvalues Read more 👇 #TechGovernance #DSA #DMA #AIAct #Interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #Europe www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Time for a European Social Media Ecosystem | Virginia Dignum
Publication alert! See our latest piece, co-authored with a brilliant team of international researchers and policymakers, exploring the impact of the current pivotal moment in global tech governance. ...
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"Beyond the AI race: why global governance is the greatest innovation" Read my new blog in #AIPEX: aipolicylab.se/2025/04/08/b... I argue that AI governance is our greatest innovation challenge. #ResponsibleAI is not the finish line. It is the only viable path forward. #AIgovernance #AIethics
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KT4Democracy @kt4democracy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🏝️Insightful talk in sight! 🔔Join the webinar Responsible #AI: Governance, #Ethics, and Sustainable Innovation by Responsible #AI expert @vdignum.bsky.social 👉The event is organised as part of the European University of Technology lunchtime seminars series. Read more: kt4democracy.eu/events/respo...
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I've joined the University of Amsterdam, as a guest professor and upcoming co-director of Civic AI Lab 2.0. Looking forward to collaborate and explore the potential of all what AI Policy Lab @Umeå University and SIAS can do together. More information on the Civic AI Lab: www.civic-ai.nl
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Socially intelligent AI | Civic AI Lab | Amsterdam
Advancing society through civic-centered and community-minded AI technology. Civic AI Lab.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Every time we think he cannot get worse, Trump manages go lower than lower. Lies, intimidation, shouting... schoolyard bullies, that is what 'disrespect' really means. It is now time for a united front, the US is changing sides, we need to be strong with Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Bullying, berating Trump shows his worst self in Zelenskyy ambush
The president said his horrific blowup would make ‘great television’ – the White House has rarely seen anything like this
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I argued yesterday with both a head of a law department who'd written a book on AI accountability and a young PhD student, neither of whom really understood how or when to use generative AI. Please consider this a draft and give me feedback or other links. joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/02/gene...
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Generative AI use and human agency
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Great news but it is beneath Europe's values to call it a race. As a race, it will have only loosers, no one wins. We need is a collective exploration. There are many unexplored paths to take, there are many strenghts, multidisciplinary, to apply. We are in it together, not against each other.
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Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
But the big problem is that production seems to have gotten decoupled from any useful measure of progress. There is a whole science-of-science literature hand wringing about the fact that scientific production has increased ~exponentially but progress has not accelerated and has even slowed down.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I'm not at Paris #AIActionsummit, but here are my thoughts: Leaked statement lacks urgent AI governance and misses key issues like power imbalances and current and future harms. We need real, global action, not more words. www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... #AI #AIgovernance #ResponsibleAI
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I'm not attending the Paris #AIActionsummit this week, but I've been asked repeatedly for my opinion on it, particularly regarding its leaked final statement…
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My statement on the repeal of President Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
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STATEMENT: CAP’s Alondra Nelson Condemns Dangerous Repeal of AI Executive Order
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The Handmaid's Tale IRL? 😞😢
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This morning I want leaders in Europe and the 🇪🇺 to stand up for European values, be in action mode, be calm AND courageous, show unity, provide reassurance, and show empathy. Thank you.
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen” - Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1968) (Tech bros at inauguration. Where the #AI exec order was cancelled) (image: BBC)
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A historical day?! Should I be sad, horrified, outraged, all of it? Watching a president, no, a full-on dictator, signing decisions to a cheering mob of thousands? Freeing criminals, criminalising innocent, and torching the planet's future? A list of all he signed: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
It was fun and very interesting to give this interview to Expresso magazine, a long-read where I could discuss many of the core issues on current #AI and #AIgovernance developments. expresso.pt/semanario/re... Thanks to the journalists Andre Manuel Correia and Rui Duarte Silva!
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“A IA é um carro sem travões, guiado sem carta de condução, numa rua sem sinais”, alerta a especialista portuguesa Virgínia Dignum
<p>“Inteligência artificial é o pior nome que podíamos ter arranjado para isto.” Quem o diz é a portuguesa Virgínia Dignum, radicada na Suécia, onde é professora catedrática de Inteligência Artificial...
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Erik Jonker @erikjonker.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Interesting research about misinformation and radical right political parties. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11… #misinformation #radicalright #politics
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Day 30: missed opportunities #AIgovernance: www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...
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👊 Day 30: Missed opportunities 🎯 As 2024 draws to a close, my #countdown2025 series is also ending, and time to reflect on the biggest missed opportunity…
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Day 29: #ML is not #AI!!? www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...
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📣 Day 29: ML is not AI!! 🤔 One of the most surprising / fun / deja vu comments I heard this year (and in different occasions) was &#39;Oh, that system is not…
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Day 28: From Agentic AI to multiagent systems: www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... #AI #countdown2025 #agentAI #Multiagentsystems
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💡Day 28: Multiagent Systems or Agent Architecture? The term &quot;agents&quot; has been a cornerstone of AI research for decades (see IFAAMAS). However, the current…
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