Post by kmstfatema on Mar 10, 2024 4:28:12 GMT
We have been talking about artificial intelligence for some time now but many are still wondering what it can do for us today. To discover an important and unusual point of the situation, with Adv Media Lab we interviewed one of the most interesting influencers in the technological field around: Cosimo Accoto, author of "The given world". Given that we wanted to ask you at least 327 questions... let's start with you. Between your professional histories in large companies (e.g. Nielsen, Comscore) and your current experience at MIT and the topic of artificial intelligence , what were the occasions that most marked you and pushed you to be what who are you, professionally and personally?
I am a philosopher by training, but who has always Germany Telegram Number Data worked in companies (data and software platforms) first and then in management consultancy (on digital transformation projects). For over two years, I have been at MIT for a visiting appointment as a research affiliate on the topics of frontier technologies (data science, blockchain technology, platform design and artificial intelligence) explored with a cultural and philosophical perspective. Each of these experiences has enriched me by building and contaminating my profile: the work in the data industry was foundational for a quantitative orientation, the consultancy work allowed me to develop the more planning and transformative dimension of business and enterprises, and finally the research broadened horizons and skills on emerging technologies.
Looking back today, I would say that the philosophical imprint is, however, the one that acted as a background in the work and research (always conducted in parallel) making this path between data, code, platforms, algorithms and protocols distinctive, culminating with the publication of my essay “Il Mondo Dato”, now also translated into English for Bocconi University Press. After the noise of the past year, we must expect AI to be increasingly present in our daily lives, with "intelligent" chips, voice assistants, chatbots, "prompters" (Google, Netflix, Spotify etc.)... According to your opinion, will there be big, very perceptible steps forward or will it proceed gradually? Yes, the pervasiveness of “artificial intelligence” algorithms (I use this historically consolidated, but for some problematic, label) will continue.
I am a philosopher by training, but who has always Germany Telegram Number Data worked in companies (data and software platforms) first and then in management consultancy (on digital transformation projects). For over two years, I have been at MIT for a visiting appointment as a research affiliate on the topics of frontier technologies (data science, blockchain technology, platform design and artificial intelligence) explored with a cultural and philosophical perspective. Each of these experiences has enriched me by building and contaminating my profile: the work in the data industry was foundational for a quantitative orientation, the consultancy work allowed me to develop the more planning and transformative dimension of business and enterprises, and finally the research broadened horizons and skills on emerging technologies.
Looking back today, I would say that the philosophical imprint is, however, the one that acted as a background in the work and research (always conducted in parallel) making this path between data, code, platforms, algorithms and protocols distinctive, culminating with the publication of my essay “Il Mondo Dato”, now also translated into English for Bocconi University Press. After the noise of the past year, we must expect AI to be increasingly present in our daily lives, with "intelligent" chips, voice assistants, chatbots, "prompters" (Google, Netflix, Spotify etc.)... According to your opinion, will there be big, very perceptible steps forward or will it proceed gradually? Yes, the pervasiveness of “artificial intelligence” algorithms (I use this historically consolidated, but for some problematic, label) will continue.