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
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Experts on the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence and Challenges to International Psychological ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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
,...
... 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 ...
The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence will help participants establish practical cooperation and formulate common approaches to the development and implementation of AI
The creation of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) reflects the growing interest of states in AI technologies. The initiative, which brings together 14 countries and the European Union, will help participants establish practical ...
Washington Hopes to Ensure its Global Military Dominance and National Security Against Virtually All Threats
For Russia, the military developments and strategies of the United States recreate those challenges and threats that the USSR associated with President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Adopted in 1984,...
interview with Maxim Fedorov, Vice-President for Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling at Skoltech.
Digitalization and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) bring up many philosophical and ethical questions about the role of man and robot in the nascent social and economic order. How real is the threat of an AI dictatorship? Why do we need to tackle AI ethics today? Does AI provide breakthrough solutions?...
... Digital and Innovations Research at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO Vladimir Korovkin.
What should countries base their competitive edge on to become a leader in the technological race?
Vassily Kashin:
What Opportunities are Opening up for Russia against the Backdrop of the Tech War between the U.S. and China?
The digital economy is an economy of innovations, not inventions. This is a very important distinction. An invention is anything that is radically new from a technological point of view. An ...