Preface [Artificial intelligence applications and innovations: 18th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference, AIAI 2022]

Abstract

[Excerpt] Artificial intelligence (AI) is a relatively new scientific area that emerged from the efforts of a handful of scientists from diverse fields approximately 70 years ago. The achievements of AI in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution are amazing and the expectations are continuously rising. Today AI applications are found in almost all areas of human activities. Healthcare, finance, industry, security, robotics, molecular biology, and autonomous vehicles are only a small sample of the domains that have been influenced by artificial intelligence. However, serious ethical matters have emerged (e.g., privacy, surveillance, bias-discrimination, elimination of entire job categories) requiring corrective legislative actions.[...]