<div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Dear Colleague and/or AI enthusiast,</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">this book addresses the general public that wants to be informed about and form her/his own opinion on AI. It provides a simplified yet scientifically accurate description of all AI aspects: technology (Part A), relation to human intelligence (Part B), social aspects (Part C) and  AI impact on Environment (Part D). No special knowledge is needed to read it.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">A new edition 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.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-s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 and Society Part A: Introduction to AI Science and Information Technology“</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156460?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" title="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156460?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156460?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</a></span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part B: AI Science, Mind and Humans“ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156479?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" title="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156479?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156479?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</a></span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part C: AI Science and Society“ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156487?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" title="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156487?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156487?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</a></span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">“Artificial Intelligence Science and Society Part D: AI Science and the Environment“</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156495?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" title="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156495?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.amazon.com/dp/9609156495?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860</a></span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">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.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Here is just an indicative list of few of the debated topics and grand AI challenges:</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Will Artificial General Intelligence replace human intelligence? (Part A)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Are the Large Language Models the way forward to reconcile Machine learning and Symbolic AI? (Part A)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Is AI Science and Technology a scientific discipline in its own right? (Part A)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">How can we quantify knowledge? (Part A)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Can Virtual Reality truly empower meta-societies or is it just a hype? (Part A)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Can AI-powered human-centred computing surpass human intelligence? (Part A)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Can we create self-conscious machines? (Part B)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Can Mind and Social Engineering manipulate human behaviour and social functions? (Part B)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">How do social media facilitate medical disinformation? (Part B)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">What are the envisaged effects of AI and IT on our personal relations and sexual life? (Part B)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">How can we not only protect but also monetize our personal data? (Part C)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Can AI help devising new political systems? (Part C)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">How are irrationalism, anti-elitism, and social media disinformation related? (Part C)</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alte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size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Part A Table of contents (297 pages): Data, Signals, Systems, Mathematics, Data Acquisition, Processing and Analysis, Data Storage and Search, Computer Vision, Data Visualization, Computer Graphics and Animation, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Audio, Speech, and Text Analysis, Machine Learning. Pattern Recognition, Deep Learning, Information, Metadata, Semantics, Concepts, Symbolic Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge, Anthropocentric Computing, Robotics, Autonomy, Networks and the Internet, The World Wide Web, Social Media, Network analytics, Swarm Intelligence, Software, Computing, Communications, Security, Blockchain, Large Language Models and Artificial General Intelligence.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Part B Table of contents  (276 pages): Nervous System, Brain, Brain imaging, Brain connectome, Neural and Brain Models, Sensing, Human Senses, Perception, Interoception, Physical Intelligen, Action and Motion, Mind, Cognition, Memory, Intelligence, Affect, Affective Computing, Language and Speech, Written Language and Communication, Consciousness and Self-awareness, Self-aware Machines, Computational Brain Modeling Tools, Brain-Inspired Computing, Medicine, Medical Genomics, Medical Data, Medical Disinformation, Pharmaceutics and Drug Discovery, Anti-vaccination Movement, Ambient Assisted Living, Minors, Sex, Pornography, Social Flexibility and Personal Relations.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Part C Table of contents  (335 pages): Identity, Intellectual Property,Privacy protection, Fake data, News and Agora, Media Production and Streaming, Music and Dance, Digital Humanities, Ex machina Arts, Computational Aesthetics, Research, Research Dissemination, Morphosis, Educational Methods, Education and Society, Truth, Justice, Digital Crime, Digital Markets,Online Marketing, Finance and Economics, AI and IT Economics, Cryptocurrencies, Non-Fungible Tokens, Digital Governance, Industry, Labor, Meta-agoras and Meta-societies, Politics and Democracy, Computational Politics, Societal and Political Networks, Social Activism, Irrationalism and Anti-elitism, Virtual Communities and Disinformation, Political Activism, Computational History, Computational Social Science, Ethics and Philosophy, Religion, Religious Practice and AI, Religious Art, War and Peace, Advanced Warfare, Revolution, Geopolitics, Trustworthy AI, Information and Knowledge society.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Part D Table of contents  (177 pages): Space and Time, Life, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Animal and Plant Intelligence, Bio-inspired Machines, Epidemiology, Microcosm, Ecology, Agriculture, Sustainable and Precision Agriculture, Organic Farming, Earth Sensing, Meteorology, Climate Change, Archaeology and Restoration, Smart Cities, Land Transportation, Shipping, Aviation, Renewable Energy, Green Information Technologies, Sustainable Earth Resources, Geology and Seismology, Space and Astronomy, Law of Complexity.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">About the author</span></b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">:  Prof. Dr. Ioannis Pitas (IEEE fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, EURASIP fellow) is Professor at the Department of Informatics of AUTH and Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (<a href="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/" title="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">AIIA</a>) lab. He served as a Visiting Professor at several Universities worldwide. As a well-known AI futurist,  in the past 3 years, he has published numerous articles and delivered many lectures and interviews in the international media on the future of AI. Quite a few of them were proven to be prophetic.</span><span lang="EL" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">His current interests are in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, autonomous systems, intelligent digital media, and human-centred computing. He has published over 920 papers, contributed to 45 books in his areas of interest and edited or (co-)authored another 11 books. He has also been member of the program committee of many scientific conferences and workshops. In the past he served as Associate Editor or co-Editor of 13 international journals and General or Technical Chair of 5 international conferences. He delivered 98 keynote/invited speeches worldwide. He co-organized 33 conferences and participated in technical committees of 291 conferences. He participated in 75+ R&D projects, primarily funded by the European Union and is/was principal investigator in 47 such projects. He is the coordinator of the Horizon Europe R&D project TEMA <a href="https://tema-project.eu/" title="https://tema-project.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://tema-project.eu/</a>, AUTH principal investigator in H2020 R&D projects Aerial Core, AI4Media (<a href="https://www.ai4media.eu/" title="https://www.ai4media.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.ai4media.eu/</a> one of the 4 H2020 ICT48 AI flagship projects) and Horizon Europe R&D projects AI4Europe, SIMAR. He is chair of the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA) <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" title="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.i-aida.org/</a>.  He was chair and initiator of the IEEE Autonomous Systems Initiative <a href="https://ieeeasi.signalprocessingsociety.org/" title="https://ieeeasi.signalprocessingsociety.org" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://ieeeasi.signalprocessingsociety.org</a>/. Prof. Pitas led the big European H2020 R&D project MULTIDRONE: <a href="https://multidrone.eu/" title="https://multidrone.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://multidrone.eu/</a>. He has 35200+ citations to his work and h-index 88+. According to <a href="https://research.com/" title="https://research.com/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://research.com/</a> he is ranked first in Greece and 319 worldwide in the field of Computer Science (2022).</span></p><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">This book is a result of a two-year effort by Prof. Ioannis. Pitas 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).</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-si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riant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">IEEE fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, EURASIP fellow, Chair of the International AI Doctoral Academy (<a href="https://www.i-aida.org/" title="https://www.i-aida.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">AIDA</a>), Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (<a href="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/" title="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">AIIA</a>) Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr" title="mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr" target="_blank" style="color:blue;border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">pitas@csd.auth.gr</a></span></p></div></div>