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Are you familiar with the wide range of 'AI' applications?

In this video, Verbeek explains the impact of Artificial Intelligence on society.

In this video, we explain the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on society. AI is getting a role in many parts of society, ranging from medical diagnostics to the judicial system, and from teaching and learning to warfare. Sometimes, this raises concerns about human replacement: AI is starting to do things that used to be exclusively human. Yet, from the perspective of technological mediation it is important to keep a focus on the relations between humans and AI. Rather than taking over, AI systems typically mediate human practices, interpretations, and decisions. The key question, therefore, is: how can we understand the mediating role of AI in human thinking and acting, and how to deal with this role in a responsible way?

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