Il futuro come Utopia?

Ambient Utopia

This chapter presents an analysis of the ambitions that lie behind the concept of Ambient Intelligence as it is presented by the advocates and researchers working in the field. In particular it looks at the ideas regarding the forms of natural and intuitive forms of interaction that are envisaged including agents and robots from a philosophical perspective. The views on interaction are analysed...

Il Futuro Dei Sistemi Di Welfare Nazionali Tra Integrazione Europea E Decentramento Regionale

It is generally accepted that economy belongs to complex systems and both deterministic and stochastic descriptions are needed to define main features of its dynamics. This awareness and consequently the requirement of more realistic models have lead to powerful new concepts and tools to deal with apparently random phenomena that at deeper level could be complex and/or chaotic. Despite the diff...

NET4VOICE - Il riconoscimento vocale come ausilio alla didattica

Net4voice è un progetto attraverso il quale si vogliono sperimentare nuove modalità di apprendimento che possano agevolare la diffusione dei patrimoni informativi, rendendoli universalmente accessibili. Le tecnologie di riconoscimento vocale sono rivolte innanzitutto agli studenti diversamente abili, in particolare a coloro che hanno difficoltà a prendere appunti oppure che hanno problemi di ud...

Engineering Utopia

The likely advent of AGI and the long-established trend of improving computational hardware promise a dual revolution in coming decades: machines which are both more intelligent and more numerous than human beings. This possibility raises substantial concern over the moral nature of such intelligent machines, and of the changes they will cause in society. Will we have the chance to determine th...

Utopia Rising