Nicolas Spatola is currently leading research on social robotics, AI, and algorithmic bias at the CNRS Laboratory of Social and Cognitive Psychology, University of Clermont Auvergne in France. He holds a PhD in cognitive psychology, and recently published a book entitled « Artificial Intelligence : from a technological to a social revolution. » He regularly intervenes in high-level conferences and publications, on topics ranging from the social consequences of AI to the detection of bias in algorithms.
Scientist: Nicolas Spatola
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Nicolas Spatola about AI and Democracy
Several experiments have shown that AI could reproduce human cognitive bias such as sexism, racism and even become psychopathic.
Towards a democratically upgraded Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence challenges democracies but democratic institutions, especially in the EU, are not mere bystanders and are in the process of supporting AI and providing a legal framing, through education and regulation.