Federico Faggin and artificial intelligence: the views of a technology pioneer
Federico Faggin is an Italian engineer and inventor, known for inventing the microchip, an essential component of modern computers. Faggin believes that artificial intelligence has the potential to be a positive force in the world, but that it is important to be aware of its limitations.
AI & climate change
Last summer’s reports clearly show how delicate and precarious the balance of our ecosystem is. For experts in the field, extreme climate phenomena are destined to increase in frequency and intensity, if the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are not reduced as soon as possible.
Big Data Analytics VS coronavirus – Artificial Intelligence in the fight against the spread of infectious diseases
The SARS virus, also due to the slowness and poor efficiency with which it was countered, saw some 740 victims worldwide. This sad page in our history teaches us how important it is, in such cases, to be able to mount a prompt response in order to stem the spread of potentially lethal viruses and prevent the risk of pandemics.
Halicina: the super antibiotic discovered via artificial intelligence
Medical research, conducted through the traditional empirical method, has allowed the creation of numerous types of antibiotics. Despite this, also due to abuse of antibiotics, in recent years several studies have shown the proliferation of bacterial species that are increasingly becoming resistant to drugs and therefore more difficult to fight.
AI: new task forces against Covid-19
Viruses and bacteria have always lived with us, but if we learned quickly to defend ourselves from the largest and most fearsome predators, it took us much longer to get to know the existence of these microscopic organisms and to understand how to protect ourselves from their insidious attacks.