- This year’s edition of the AI Summit Brainport focused on human-centric AI.<\/li>
- With regulation coming into place, AI can align with human values. <\/li>
- AI<\/span>-human co-creation can yield a new understanding of the world. <\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The 2023 AI Summit Brainport took place on November 2 in the iconic \u2013 but not AI-generated \u2013 venue of the Evoluon in Eindhoven. The summit was organized by Eindhoven University of Technology\u2019s (TU\/e<\/a>) EAISI<\/a> \u2013 an acronym for Eindhoven AI Systems Institute \u2013 the province of Noord Brabant<\/a>, and the AI-hub Brainport<\/a>. Human-centered AI was the event\u2019s focus, a topic discussed in several presentations, workshops, and panels throughout the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI applications are surging amid concerns over the ruling the technology should have. To this extent, this week, G7 countries agreed on establishing an AI code of conduct<\/a> before the first global summit on AI hosted by the UK. Besides, US President Joe Biden also issued an executive order<\/a> regulating the promises of AI and managing its risks. The European Union previously released its own AI act<\/a>, introducing a risk-based approach to regulating the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div>Our magazine about the brain goes live today!<\/div>Our brain is an unparalleled network of connections. It consists of 86 billion brain cells connected, on average, to about 10,000 other cells. Every time we learn something new – saying “hello” in Chinese, practicing a new judo move, or preparing a new recipe – connections are added. Those billions and billions of connections make our brain most like a powerful, complex computer.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\nLanguage matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In a thought-provoking keynote by Cognition and Affect in Human-Technology Interaction professor Wijnand IJsselstein, the metaphors commonly used in describing AI were questioned. Machine learning \u2013 a technique to make AI learn by experience \u2013 has nothing to do with human learning, for instance. \u201cA machine doesn\u2019t take any initiative to learn; it doesn\u2019t contextualize, has no subjectivity nor curiosity,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A similar debunking was done to deep learning, an expression to define a subset of machine learning simulating the human brain with multiple neural network layers. \u201cIt implies some depth of thought, wisdom, a deep understanding of things, which, however, requires meaningful connections.\u201d Overall, using human attributes yields epistemic confusion, according to the professor. \u201cLanguage shapes our understanding of AI,\u201d stressed the academic. In turn, the researcher believes AI can improve our understanding of the world and better grasp it in different ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another example brought by IJsselstein is Gardner\u2019s theory<\/a> of multiple intelligences. According to this theory, humans have eight different kinds of intelligence, such as intrapersonal, visual-spatial, or musical. Individuals often have one of them more developed than the others. While AI can replicate, to some extent, the logical-mathematical one, intelligence like the spatial one can\u2019t (yet) be reproduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Wijnand IJsselsteijn -\u00a9 EAISI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Enforcing control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Regulating AI sets boundaries and fosters the development of human-centered technology. Following an introduction to the AI Act by Susan Hommerson from TU\/e\u2019s policy officer research, a panel discussed the regulation. What if we don\u2019t regulate it at all? \u201cIt might go wrong; we need to normalize AI just as we do with toys or medical devices,\u201d said Koen Holtman, a Systems Architect and AI safety expert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NXP Semiconductors Global Privacy Officer Wouter van der Loop also underscored the need to put some control on the technology, defining responsibility and accountability, as well as ways to use it. Jelle Donders, founder of the Eindhoven AI Safety Team, believes the EU law provides a good approach towards regulating individual and collective risks, while it falls short of addressing societal ones. \u201cIt\u2019s not obvious that we will be in control,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The panel on the EU AI-Act – \u00a9 EAISI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Hybridization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The human brain has unmatched capabilities. AI can tirelessly process information but does so at the expense of thousands of megawatts of power daily in an effort to replicate what our brain does with no more than twenty watts. Is it possible to combine the two to create the perfect brain? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The TU\/e\u2019s BayesBrain<\/a> project was presented in a round of AI research presentations. BayesBrain is attempting to create the world\u2019s first brain-on-chip<\/a> AI computer. The goal is to create a hybrid computer, as highly programmable as a chip can be while being as energy-efficient as our neurons are. TU\/e scientists envision combining cutting-edge chips with cultivated cells obtained through stem cell tech. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hybrid governance is the research focus of Professor Frauke Behrendt. Specifically, she studied the use of AI to enable sustainable mobility, particularly in mobility as a service (MAAS). In delving into the underlying dynamics behind decision-making processes. What if AI becomes part of the process? The professor believes that hybrid governance could be achieved with policymakers aware of the possibilities brought by AI and leveraging it for implementing sustainability, for instance. <\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div>The AI healthcare revolution<\/div>The medical field is on the brink of a transformative shift with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), but the journey is not without its obstacles. <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\nJoining forces <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If human values are to remain the cornerstone of our future, how should we steer development in a way that AI systems care about what we care about? In Diego Morales\u2019s view, metacognition is the key. Metacognition is defined as the practice of being aware of one\u2019s own thinking and using it to plan, monitor, and evaluate one\u2019s learning or problem-solving. The risk of not handling it properly might result in an AI that selects and prioritizes things we care about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Risks connected to AI are evident to anyone. While stopping its development is out of the question, regulation needs to step in to set boundaries and protect from the dangerous drifts AI can generate. Co-creation might be the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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