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US Technology Policy amid Rivalry with China

Valdai Discussion Club Report Introduction Today, a new technological paradigm is emerging, shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things, robotics, cloud technology, supercomputing systems, and various advanced forms of technology capable ...

05.12.2023

Despite the Hype, Artificial Intelligence Remains Inferior to the Human Brain

With new alarming predictions being made every week, it is important to explore the limitations of AI. The human brain provides the best reference point The global infoscape is currently abuzz with alarmist predictions over the dangers posed by artificial intelligence (AI). Billionaire entrepreneurs and their hirelings, who had once gushed over ...

19.06.2023

From GPT to AGI: Takeoff or Landing?

New technological breakthroughs in AI: outlook, opportunities, threats and risks Introduction Less than six months have passed since the last review on the topic in question, but the rapid developments in Large Language Models (LLM) and Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLM) require ...

12.05.2023

Digitalization Going Green

For digitalization’s “engine” to run safely and smoothly, it needs greener “oil” Digitalization accompanies and drives modern human development. It has led to a huge boom in the volume of available information and its streamlining. Additionally, it has led to increasing the speed of decision-making, and simplified means of communication amid decreasing business travel intensity, and the volume of resources required for traditional correspondence....

28.12.2022

AI’s Malicious Use and Challenges to International Psychological Security

Filling the gap in the awareness of the nature and scope of threats to society associated with modern and future MUAI practices amid the global crisis In December 2022, the International Center for Social and Political Studies and Consulting published the second report “ Experts on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological ...

20.12.2022

What’s Your Power, Strong AI?

A review of the year’s defining trends in Artificial Intelligence The outgoing year has demonstrated, on the one hand, continued growth in the power and capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) relying on so-called “foundation models”, based on deep neural networks such “astransformers”. On the other hand, we were witnessing an entrenchment of certain trends of AI’s development that have to do with overcoming of well-known limitations ...

18.11.2022

EU Technological Sovereignty and Its Limits

To survive in a fragmenting world, the West has opted for a strategy of cooperation and consolidation. This begs the question, though, of the system’s economic sustainability given limited market for sales Protectionism, the pandemic and the sanctions wars that we have been witnessing over the past few years have contributed to the curtailment of globalisation as we knew it. The international division of labour ...

13.10.2022

Experts Comment on AI Malicious Use and Challenges to International Psychological Security

States, especially those with leading scientific and technological capabilities, can and should cooperate to prevent anti-social actors from using information technologies based on ever-improving new AI capabilities In December 2021, the International Center for Social and Political Studies and Consulting published the report “ Experts on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological Security ”, penned ...

28.01.2022

On the Depth, Transparency and Power of Today’s AI

... transparency ” emanating from the society. In this review, we will try to probe this gap, discussing what trends and solutions can help resolve the problem or lead to its further exacerbation. Developments of Recent Years Anton Kolonin: Future Goals in the AI Race: Explainable AI and Transfer Learning First of all, what we know as strong or general AI (AGI) has become a well-established item on the global agenda. A team of Russian-speaking researchers and developers has published a book on this topic ,...

21.12.2021

Drones in the Hands of Terrorists: What Happens Then?

... political violence. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration. Interviewed by Tatyana Kanunnikova. What will be the role of drones in future terrorist attacks? If we look at some of the most recent examples in Europe—for instance, the Gatwick Airport incident where drone sightings were reported—these led to a lot of confusion among airport officials as well as policymakers and law enforcement. In this specific case, we are talking about dozens of flights canceled, millions in costs for the ...

02.08.2021
 

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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