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• 23.04.2025 AI and society

  Current AI Risks More Alarming than Apocalyptic Future Scenarios

  Most people are generally more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than about a theoretical future in which AI threatens humanity. This is shown by a new study from the University of Zurich.

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• 13.03.2025 URPP Digital Religion(s)

  Artificial Intelligence: Between Demons and God

  An avatar priest, praying via app and artificial intelligence as a deity: UZH anthropologist Beth Singler researches the interplay between AI and religion.

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• 06.02.2025 Media Research

  Social Media Can Make You Happy

  Young people spend a lot of their time on TikTok and other platforms. Yet this is no reason for parents to start panicking, according to the media researchers Sandra Cortesi and Daniel Süss.

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• 15.01.2025 Computational Linguistics

  Automatic Speech Recognition on Par with Humans in Noisy Conditions

  Current ASR systems achieve remarkable accuracy and may even surpass human performance. While they need to be trained on an incredible amount of data, humans acquire comparable skills in less time.

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• 07.01.2025 The Future of Work

  AI Shifts Power

  Machines are not yet capable of thinking like we do. But if artificial intelligence evolves further and does everything better than humans can, it raises questions about what that means for society and whether humans will stay in control.

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