RT Journal Article
T1 Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN
A1 Dorigo, Tommaso
A1 Nieto Fontarigo, Juan José
A1 Yazdanpanah, Niloufar
K1 Agriculture
K1 Artificial intelligence
K1 Computer science
K1 Geography
K1 Mathematics
K1 Medicine
K1 Physics
K1 Psychology
K1 Science ethics
K1 Scientific research
AB The recent rise in relevance and diffusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based systems and the increasing number and power of applications of AI methods invites a profound reflection on the impact of these innovative systems on scientific research and society at large. The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), an organization that promotes initiatives to support interdisciplinary science and education across borders and actively works to improve science policy, collects here the vision of its Advisory Board members, together with a selection of AI experts, to summarize how we see developments in this exciting technology impacting science and society in the foreseeable future. In this review, we first attempt to establish clear definitions of intelligence and consciousness, then provide an overview of AI's state of the art and its applications. A discussion of the implications, opportunities, and liabilities of the diffusion of AI for research in a few representative fields of science follows this. Finally, we address the potential risks of AI to modern society, suggest strategies for mitigating those risks, and present our conclusions and recommendations.
PB Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46343
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46343
LA eng
NO T. Dorigo et al., "Artificial Intelligence in Science and Society: The Vision of USERN," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 15993-16054, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3529357
DS Minerva
RD 21 may 2026