(Adnkronos) - “Meno dell'1% della popolazione globale ha accesso al linguaggio del codice, ma l’IA può diventare l’interfaccia inclusiva per democratizzare l’uso della tecnologia. Università e società devono esplorare i confini tra uomo e macchina, sviluppando nuove competenze per affrontare il futuro digitale.” Queste le parole di Padre Paolo Benanti, presidente della Commissione AI per l'informazione, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri in occasione della Cerimonia di Inaugurazione dell'Anno Accademico 2024-2025 dell'’Università Luiss Guido Carli. Al centro della Cerimonia, il tema della rivoluzione dell’Intelligenza Artificiale.
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00:00This academic year opens to the teaching of technological innovation.
00:09Artificial intelligence for the university, for the university system in general, but for LUIS in particular,
00:15will be a great revolution of content, of university curriculum,
00:20but also of tools for the training and growth of students.
00:24LUIS has always been an institution devoted to the training of the leadership class.
00:30In today's world, the leadership class needs to combine technological skills
00:35with a much broader culture based on humanistic sciences,
00:40therefore on critical thinking, on the ability to interact with artificial intelligence.
00:46Without this interaction, the risk is that artificial intelligence will replace intellectual work,
00:52and we want our students to increase their abilities, their productivity
00:58and their performance in solving problems.
01:01In this way, artificial intelligence will be a great ally for our society.
01:06LUIS is at the forefront of research and training for this,
01:10to use artificial intelligence in this way.
01:13A double approach.
01:14The first approach is to have a digital AI literacy badge,
01:19which will be mandatory for all our master's graduates,
01:25and will be gradually extended to all students.
01:28And this is to clearly and strongly certify the acquisition of skills
01:33on the use of artificial intelligence as a tool that increases intellectual capacity.
01:38And second, the modification of all teachings.
01:41For this reason, we have appointed a prorector at Artificial Intelligence and Digital Skills,
01:45who has the task of helping those responsible for the training offer
01:50to change the curriculum of the courses of study
01:53and to enter directly, together with other colleagues,
01:56into the syllables that explain how to use artificial intelligence
02:00in finance, in marketing, in policymaking processes within institutions.
02:06So, a concrete tool that will be used in all the classrooms,
02:11all the studies courses of LUIS.
02:13The AI4Society research must be considered a reference point
02:18for the entire business system, institutions, the public system,
02:22because it will not only be a place of academic excellence,
02:27because we are recruiting the best minds,
02:31the best colleagues, professors, researchers in this sector,
02:36with an interdisciplinary approach.
02:38So not only technological, but also of use in the various specific domains.
02:42But it will be a laboratory of experimentation.
02:45A laboratory of experimentation in which companies and institutions
02:49will be able to experiment, innovate,
02:53adopting use cases together with our researchers,
02:56seeing how they can work.
02:58And this will happen both in our offices in Rome
03:01and in our office in Milan.
03:03So to give the possibility to small and medium-sized companies
03:08and even larger companies in Milan
03:11to have a reference point close to them.
03:14I believe this is a duty of our university,
03:17which is called not only to train the leadership class,
03:20but also to generate impact and innovation on society
03:24together with those who want to work with us.
03:26Europe, in the last year, year and a half,
03:29has approved this regulation, AIACT,
03:32which has an approach of attention to the use of artificial intelligence
03:37in a risk-based logic.
03:39So attention to the risks in use.
03:41Now, that of G7, instead, is a movement, in our opinion,
03:45that event of G7 is an event that pushes us a little forward.
03:49So it gives us the opportunity to understand
03:51that artificial intelligence can be an ally,
03:54if used responsibly, as we all intend to do,
03:58if used as a tool that increases capabilities,
04:02it can be a great flywheel for solving the problems of time.
04:06Italy, from this point of view,
04:09can truly represent a bridge,
04:12a place that connects all of Europe,
04:15the entire Western world,
04:16with the great development that will take place
04:18in the countries of the Mediterranean and Africa,
04:20linked in particular to demographic development.
04:24But, as they have taught us in many countries,
04:28perhaps not European,
04:29demographic development and the growth of the GDP
04:32are no longer necessarily correlated.
04:34There is always a growth of productivity
04:36connected to technology.
04:38Now, the real challenge,
04:39and I believe that this G7 has clarified it,
04:42is to make sure that the growth of productivity
04:44through technology
04:46has a positive impact on wages and social inclusion.
04:50So the real challenge is to find the balance
04:53between the growth of wealth,
04:55productivity, wages and social inclusion.
04:58Artificial intelligence, if misused,
05:01can be an element that increases the wealth of the few,
05:06and therefore increases the gaps.
05:08If used well,
05:09as we intend to do,
05:11certainly he,
05:12but I think that culture and Italian leadership
05:15can be very useful in this,
05:17it can be a tool that generates well-being and wealth
05:21by maintaining the ties
05:23and an integrated and connected social system.
05:26So, perhaps even by reducing the social gaps that we have today.
05:29This is our approach,
05:31and I believe that Italy can play an important cultural role
05:36for the leadership of artificial intelligence globally.