Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominates the media and has been the focus of public discourse in the last few years. Since last March, however, COVID-19 makes almost everyday headlines because of its huge impact on our highly globalized world. This article has a dual objective. First, it aims to dissolve common misunderstandings and fears regarding AI. Second, by putting AI’s and COVID-19 societal and economic impacts into perspective, it discusses AI applications and research in the post-COVID-19 era. COVID-19 has played a catalytic role in accelerating the use of AI to mitigate the pandemic’s devastating effects. It is up to us to use AI in a responsible and ethical way that includes and benefits the whole humanity.
Highlights
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a relatively recent term coined in 1955 by JohnMcCarthy (Gurkaynak et al, 2016; Floridi & Cowls, 2019), a Stanford computer and cognitive science professor, it is a very old concept
Even an AI tax or a robot tax can be levied in order to create a fund to reimburse those who may lose from the AI revolution (Zhang, 2019)
COVID-19 calls for global cooperation and synergies
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To cite this article: Chymis, A.
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