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Artificial Intelligence: The effects on technology, jobs, economy, and society in general
Prof. Demetrios Kazakos
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX. USA
Abstract:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new technological advance
that is having a monumental impact on our lives. It is supposed to be
assistive technology that improves the productivity of many workers.
However, there are serious concerns regarding potentially negative
effects on the abolition of jobs in a large scale, and dangers from several
AI potentially threatening and negative results. There is a threat of AI
increasing inequality, unemployment, enhancing the dangers of
robotic wars, and other socially negative effects. The question of
regulating AI through legislation is open. In this talk we discuss the
above and other technological, ethical, social, economical and political
aspects of the unavoidably growing use of Artificial Intelligence. We
also discuss the creation of AI that is based on huge amounts of data
that are collected through the monitoring of our everyday actions.
This aspect entitles each citizen in partial, fractional ownership of AI.
This view requires a serious public discussion. We attempt here to
simply create a framework of introducing AI regulation principles
that are beneficial to the society at large and not to a tiny minority of
oligarchs.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Demetrios Kazakos Summary CV
Recent Positions:
Professor of Mathematics, and Fellow of the Barbara Jordan Institute of Policy Research,
and Fellow of the Mickey Leland Center on Hunger, Poverty and World Peace
at Texas Southern University (TSU), 2006–present.
Dean of the College of Science and Technology, TSU, 2006–2008.
Previous Positions:
Program Director, National Science Foundation.
Department Chair of 3 EE Departments, and Professor in 5 Departments.
Education:
(a) Diploma in Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
(b) Master of Arts in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University.
(c) Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering,
University of Southern California.
Teaching and Research Interests:
Communication Systems, and Ethics in AI.
Honors:
• Elected Fellow (1/1/1992) and Life Fellow (1/1/2009)
of IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
for contributions to: “detection and estimation theory, and applications to
multi-user data communications and pattern recognition.”
• Awarded the Texas Southern University Presidential Outstanding Life
Achievement Award in 2021.
Publications:
• 57 Journal Publications, 2 Books, 117 Papers in Conference Proceedings.
• 1,880 Citations on May 12, 2025.