Analysis of the Impact of Digital Technologies on Chinese Economic Growth

This study aims to analyze the impact of digital technologies on the Chinese economic growth from 2013 to 2018. The research takes into account five digital technologies namely cloud computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data and the internet of things. In order to evaluate the role of each of the five digital technologies on china economy, we run a linear regression model of each of them with the country GDP. the results reveal that despite difference in their level of significance, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things and Big Data have a positive significant impact on the country GDP. Keywords: Digital technologies, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, internet of things, Chinese economic growth. DOI: 10.7176/JESD/10-8-15 Publication date: April 30th 2019

Major Trends in Today's Intelligent Robotics in Light of the Creation of Collaborative Artificial Intelligence

Robotics and advances in artificial intelligence are breakthrough innovations with considerable promise and the potential to radically change the economic and social aspects of society. Research on the development of robotics is still scarce. This article fills the gap by analyzing the creation and diffusion of robotics innovation and the role of intellectual property in this process. The robotics innovation ecosystem is based on cooperative networks of independent specialists, scientific organizations, and companies. The state plays a significant role in supporting the innovation activity in the considered sphere, first of all, through grant financing, placement of defense orders and implementation of national strategies of robotics development. Competitions and prizes are an important incentive for creating innovations. Patenting is used by companies to protect intellectual property from encroachment by third parties, to ensure freedom of action, to license technology, and to protect against prosecution. The industrial revolution has changed the very notion of means and means of production in the minds of the masses in such a way that the process of robotization and the introduction of artificial intelligence in different areas of life has become inevitable. The article presents an analysis of possible ways of disclosing the concept of "artificial intelligence" as a legal category and its correlation with the concept of "robot", considers the issues of legal responsibility for the performance of work by artificial intelligence, studies the possibility of recognizing the holder of artificial intelligence work as a subject of law

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Updated Review of the Literature and State of the Art

Abstract Purpose of Review Gastrointestinal endoscopy includes a wide range of procedures that has dramatically evolved over the past decades. Robotic endoscopy and artificial intelligence are expanding the horizons of traditional techniques and will play a key role in clinical practice in the near future. Understanding the main available devices and procedures is a key unmet need. This review aims to assess the current and future applications of the most recently developed endoscopy robots. Recent Findings Even though a few devices have gained approval for clinical application, the majority of robotic and artificial intelligence systems are yet to become an integral part of the current endoscopic instrumentarium. Some of the innovative endoscopic devices and artificial intelligence systems are dedicated to complex procedures such as endoscopic submucosal dissection, whereas others aim to improve diagnostic techniques such as colonoscopy. Summary A review on flexible endoscopic robotics and artificial intelligence systems is presented here, showing the m3ost recently approved and experimental devices and artificial intelligence systems for diagnosis and robotic endoscopy

Systems of collaboration: challenges and solutions for interdisciplinary research in AI and social robotics

This article examines the challenges and opportunities that arise when engaging with research across disciplines, contributing to the growth of social robotics and artificially intelligent systems. Artificial intelligence has a significant role to play in human–machine communication; however, there are barriers to its adoption and considerations towards systematic implementation for the good of people and societies. This perspective piece considers the position of artificial intelligence in systems of human–machine communication. The study of artificial intelligent systems is one of discovery, trial, and error through a melting pot of methodologies, and this interdisciplinary nature is explored through the perspective of researchers at the centre of collaboration coming from artificial intelligence, robotics, and communication

AI時代に求められる汎用能力に関する試論

　This paper clarifies two issues. One is how technological innovation such as AI (Artificial Intelligence) affects the industrial society. The other is what kind of General-Purpose Ability we will need in the changing business environment. The analysis is as follows. First, it surveys technological innovation historically, focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Second, it defines general purpose ability, considering prior studies. Third, as a tentative study it suggests three abilities which will be more important for the modern workers: "ability to interact", "service orientation", and "added value creativity". Finally, based on the above, this paper suggests the role of liberal arts education in the university

The Postcolonial Galaxy or a Galactic Postcoloniality: : New Dynamics of Power in Isaac Asimov’s The Naked Sun

The Foucauldian notion of the “productive” component of power manifested in the semblance of autonomy in “transparent” subjects unsettles Francis Fukuyama’s aspirations about information technology that breaks the “monopoly over information.”  Knowledge of the colonial subject in the Foucauldian paradigm and its indispensable role in the manifestation of colonial power have been the mainstay of postcolonial phenomenological reflections of the Self/Other. The Foucauldian notion of the subject’s delusional agency in liberal discourses, however, witnesses a further modification in fiction speculating on Artificial Intelligence. This results in the rupture of complacency about authoritarian control, since Artificial Intelligence, as an offshoot of the revolution so dear to Fukuyma, produces the case for a new kind of subject in speculative fiction like Asimov’s The Naked Sun. What emerges subsequently is the example of an intelligent subject capable not simply of producing knowledge but also withholding it— a simulated intelligence that is human-but-not-quite. This gives rise to an anxiety of control experienced by the human subject like the detective Baley in Asimov’s text who wishes to make the robot-assistant, Daneel, serve his purpose only. Such an anxiety experienced in the face of the rupture of projection of the purpose of robotics research mimics postcolonial anxieties in the event of rupture of colonial projections on the Other. This paper seeks to explore postcolonialism as a condition not only reflective of the past but also an expedient tool to measure anxieties, fantasies, and their subsequent sublimation in speculative fiction on the future of robotics and Artificial Intelligence, as in Asimov’s text

Advances in robotics will only get you so far: context is crucial

Robots and intelligent systems have gained a significant amount of attention recently. Various authors and reports detail advances in robotics and artificial intelligence and speculate on the role of humans in the robotic future. In such commentaries, robots are often presented as independent and tireless machines that are rational and efficient; they are removed from their creators and contexts of use. Unfortunately, as appealing as this image might be, it resembles more of a science fiction hero than the contextual nitty-gritty that revolves around the development and deployment of robotic applications. To obtain a more holistic picture, let us have a look at some contextual factors that surround robotics innovation today