Transhumanism is a delicate subject that confronts ethics with the use of technological development to expand the natural capacities of human beings. What makes the implantation of a pacemaker different from that of a bionic eye? In this article Marc Abraham Puig, from the...
Can a robot have emotions or understand those of humans? In this article Jordi Vallverdú, lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, explains with nuances a narrative that is very conducive to science fiction cinema, but which is also increasingly taking the form...
A PhD thesis presented by Víctor Lillo Castañ has determined the author, Vasco de Quiroga, and the date, ca 1530, of the first full translation into a vernacular language of
The doctoral dissertation subject of this article takes body and writing on two new meanings (not completely linked to meaning) and are analyzed from different perspectives, those by...
Those responsible for many of our reactions and interactions with the world are the set of different chemical neurotransmitters in our brains. What would happen if the artificial machines also had this characteristic? In this study, the...
Researchers at the IIIA and the UAB have used decision trees analysis on two databases of practical nature: one with descriptions of pigs that may or may not be melanomas; and another referring to the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities.
Jaume Mensa, a lecturer in Medieval Philosophy at the UAB, has published an article in the Anuario de Estudios Medievales that documents the evolution of Vincent Ferrer's thinking on the possibility of knowing the end times. For a long time Ferrer...
The collaboration between two experts in various fields of science have developed a work environment that is already being examined by other researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence. So turn work in this direction in order to make a profit...
Created in 1966, ELIZA was a computer programme which simulated conversations with users. Since then, other chat bots have been created, and are more advanced. This study comparatively analyses five chat bots highly valued in the Turing Test and...
Paul Spence is Senior Lecturer at King's College London, where he has twice acted as Head of Department for what is the only academic department of digital humanities in the world. Paul Spence has worked as a journalist, has an academic background in Spanish and Latin American studies and is an expert in digital...
