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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>N</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>ew edition of the book “Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part A” (Amazon/Kindle) treating ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Dear AI professional, student, enthusiast,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>a new edition (May 2023) of “Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part A: Introduction to AI Science and Information Technology“ (paperback and e-book versions only) is now available in Amazon/Kindle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Thought the first edition (October 2023) of this 4-volume book was quite prophetic on various AI topics (e.g., on the development of Deep Arts, or the very slow adoption of Metaverse), I felt the need to add two sections in its Part A on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to clarify issues that sprang out of ChatGPT success, primarily on AI technophobia and on the long-term AI prospects. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>AI Science and Engineering </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>is un upcoming scientific discipline that can fuse AI, brain and mind studies and social engineering in a new scientific discipline. It has huge impact on both our society and environment. The new book <b>“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society”</b> consists of four volumes (parts) debating all technical and social grand challenges of AI Science and Engineering in an understandable and scientifically accurate manner:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part A: Introduction to AI Science and Information Technology“<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156460?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156460?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part B: AI Science, Mind and Humans“ </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156479?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156479?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part C: AI Science and Society“ </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156487?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156487?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part D: AI Science and the Environment“<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156495?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156495?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>They are self-sufficient and require no mathematical/scientific background. The four book volumes debate and try to forecast the future of AI Science and Engineering, as well as the upcoming Mind and Social Science and Engineering. They are published in Amazon/Kindle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Here is just an indicative list of few of the debated topics and grand AI challenges:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Will Artificial General Intelligence replace human intelligence? (Part A)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Are the Large Language Models the way forward to reconcile Machine learning and Symbolic AI? (Part A)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Is AI Science and Technology a scientific discipline in its own right? (Part A)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>How can we quantify knowledge? (Part A)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can Virtual Reality truly empower meta-societies or is it just a hype? (Part A) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can AI-powered human-centred computing surpass human intelligence? (Part A)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can we create self-conscious machines? (Part B)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can Mind and Social Engineering manipulate human behaviour and social functions? (Part B)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>How do social media facilitate medical disinformation? (Part B)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>What are the envisaged effects of AI and IT on our personal relations and sexual life? (Part B)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>How can we not only protect but also monetize our personal data? (Part C)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can AI help devising new political systems? (Part C)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>How are irrationalism, anti-elitism, and social media disinformation related? (Part C)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can new technologies ignite social revolutions? (Part C)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Is life and intelligence due to matter complexity? (Part D)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can we patch parts of our brain? (Part D)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Is climate controllable through </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Geoengineering</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>? (Part D)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Can humanity progress without resorting to energy-intensive technologies? (Part D)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Part A Table of contents (297 pages)</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>: Data</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Signals</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Systems</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Mathematics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Data Acquisition, Processing and Analysis</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Data Storage and Search</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computer Vision</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Data Visualization</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computer Graphics and Animation</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Virtual and Augmented Reality</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Audio, Speech, and Text Analysis</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Machine Learning. Pattern Recognition</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Deep Learning</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Information</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Metadata, Semantics, Concepts</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Symbolic Artificial Intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Knowledge</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Anthropocentric Computing</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Robotics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Autonomy</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Networks and the Internet</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>The World Wide Web</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Social Media</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Network analytics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Swarm Intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Software</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computing</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Communications</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Security</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Blockchain</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Large Language Models and Artificial General Intelligence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Part B Table of contents (276 pages)</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>: Nervous System</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Brain</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Brain imaging</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Brain connectome</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Neural and Brain Models</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Sensing</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Human Senses</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Perception</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Interoception</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Physical Intelligen</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Action and Motion</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Mind</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Cognition</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Memory</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Affect</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Affective Computing</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Language and Speech</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Written Language and Communication</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Consciousness and Self-awareness</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Self-aware Machines</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computational Brain Modeling Tools</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Brain-Inspired Computing</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Medicine</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Medical Genomics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Medical Data</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Medical Disinformation</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Pharmaceutics and Drug Discovery</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Anti-vaccination Movement</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Ambient Assisted Living</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Minors</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Sex</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Pornography</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Social Flexibility and Personal Relations</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Part C Table of contents (335 pages)</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>: Identity</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Intellectual Property</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>,</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Privacy protection</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Fake data</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>News and Agora</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Media Production and Streaming</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Music and Dance</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Digital Humanities</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Ex machina Arts</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computational Aesthetics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Research</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Research Dissemination</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Morphosis</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Educational Methods</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Education and Society</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Truth</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Justice</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Digital Crime</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Digital Markets</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>,</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Online Marketing</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Finance and Economics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>AI and IT Economics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Cryptocurrencies</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Non-Fungible Tokens</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Digital Governance</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Industry</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Labor</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Meta-agoras and Meta-societies</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Politics and Democracy</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computational Politics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Societal and Political Networks</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Social Activism</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Irrationalism and Anti-elitism</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Virtual Communities and Disinformation</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Political Activism</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computational History</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Computational Social Science</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Ethics and Philosophy</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Religion</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Religious Practice and AI</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Religious Art</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>War and Peace</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Advanced Warfare</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Revolution</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Geopolitics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Trustworthy AI</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Information and Knowledge society</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Part D Table of contents (177 pages)</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>: Space and Time</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Life</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Bioinformatics</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Systems Biology</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Animal and Plant Intelligence</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Bio-inspired Machines</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Epidemiology</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Microcosm</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Ecology</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Agriculture</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Sustainable and Precision Agriculture</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Organic Farming</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Earth Sensing</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Meteorology</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Climate Change</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Archaeology and Restoration</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Smart Cities</span><span lang=EN-US 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Seismology</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Space and Astronomy</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Law of Complexity</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>About the author: This book is a result of a two-year effort by <b>Prof. Ioannis. Pitas (IEEE fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, EURASIP fellow)</b> and was influenced by his being principal investigator of 75+ R&D projects on Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Digital Media and chairing the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA). Prof. I. Pitas is Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (AIIA) lab at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece. He was chair and initiator of the IEEE Autonomous Systems Initiative (ASI). He has (co-)authored 15 books, 45 book chapters and over 950 papers in the above topics. He has 34500+ citations to his work and h-index 87+. He is ranked 319 worldwide and first in Greece in the field of Computer Science (2022).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>This message is sent only once. I apologize if you receive it through multiple communication channels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Barlow Light"'>Prof. Ioannis. Pitas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr">pitas@csd.auth.gr</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>