The Paths of Artificial Intelligence

Thanks to advances in supercomputing, the development of new algorithms, and the availability of enormous quantities of data, the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding at an exponential rate. These advances are taking the form of ever more refined apps which, owing to their economic, social, and political impact, have given rise to the need for informed and mindful debate on the kind of AI we wish to have.

On the occasion of the publication of the book La intel·ligència artificial explicada als humans ("Artificial Intelligence Explained to Humans", Plataforma Editorial, 2023), the author, Jordi Torres, a professor at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) and researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), joins Mateo Valero (director of the BSC), Alfonso Valencia (ICREA researcher and head of the Department of Life Sciences at the BSC) and Karina Gibert (director of the UPC’s Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Center, IDEAI-UPC) to retrace the paths of this accelerated technological evolution and reflect upon future scenarios. The discussion, moderated by the journalist Pere Buhigas, is programmed as part of the “Artificial Intelligence” exhibition which is to open at the CCCB on 18 October this year.