Artificial Intelligence is all around us.
Between myth and reality, where exactly do we stand?
The #UNESCOCourier latest issues examines how AI is changing our future.
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📰 https://on.unesco.org/2ujrcQl”He always had a dictionary at hand. In fact, he was a polyglot – he had a perfect command of English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew and Mandarin. I often saw him making notes in a big, black dictionary, his Chinese dictionary – the language he liked the most and ended up speaking seven dialects of! Amazingly, in his house, we were allowed to write in the dictionaries. With him, the book became a living thing. Much more than just something to be used, a book was like a member of the family, inviting itself to our table at any moment during the meal.
Sandy was quick-minded, enthusiastic, imaginative and curious. He was always learning something new, and loved to share with his family – and as many others as possible – the pleasure of studying. This is what he did throughout his life as a journalist, and particularly during his time at the UNESCO Courier.”
Today we pay a very special tribute to an exceptional life, lived by an exceptional man – The Unesco Courier’s founder, Sandy Koffler, born #OnThisDay in 1916! Read a granddaughter’s tribute to her grandfather in the very journal he founded and directed for 30 years: https://on.unesco.org/2PgDUvx
Artificial Intelligence: The promises and the threats
Artificial Intelligence: The promises and the threats
Computers and robots are now learning to make decisions! Of course, “deciding” is a big word for machines that have no consciousness and whose level of “reasoning” is not even as evolved as that of a frog. But the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are enough to frighten some and to arouse the fantasies of others.
Between myth and reality, where exactly does the current research stand in this technology that threatens to disrupt all others? In its Wide Angle section, the Courier attempts to untangle the various paths of inquiry and offers some terminological signposts to help uninitiated readers to find their way through the fascinating but scary world of AI.
For many, the word “intelligence” is only a metaphor when it is applied to machines or robots which are destined ‒ we are assured ‒ to remain simple and humble assistants to humans. AI helps us transcend language barriers through machine translation, to perform many routine tasks, even to do the housework, manufacture goods, detect illnesses at an earlier stage than doctors can, and to create prosthetics that can be activated by a thought.
Even so, the combination of deep learning and big data is not only provoking a revolution in AI, but also setting off a Fourth Industrial Revolution, which our societies may not quite be prepared for. Many experts believe that AI is more of a cultural revolution than a technological one, and that education will have to adapt quickly to the new realities – so that future generations learn to live in a world that is radically different from the one we know today.
The question already being raised is: isn’t there a risk that data available to AI will be used to confirm preconceived ideas and prejudices? Racial profiling, censorship, prediction of the criminal personality, etc. – these discriminatory criteria are already being used by machines that are taught to analyse patterns of behavior. The more complex the technological development becomes, the more complex are the ethical questions it raises. The development of killer robots is a striking example of this.
Alongside these ethical challenges, there is the risk of monopolization of power. While AI is only taking its first steps in Africa, a small number of countries are investing billions of dollars in basic research – which is almost entirely in the hands of a few computing giants, as we know. These international challenges call for international coordination. This is essential if AI is to be developed responsibly.
As our regular readers already know, this is the 70th anniversary of the UNESCO Courier, and in each issue this year, we are publishing an article that takes a retrospective look at the exceptional adventure of our magazine. On 18 July we celebrate another exceptional anniversary: the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, who, during his lengthy imprisonment on Robben Island was deprived of the right to read all publications – except the Courier!
In Trending, we offer you a chance to discover – via drone – the mysterious temples of Tiwanaku in Bolivia. You will also journey to the Galapagos in Ecuador, in the company of Luc Jacquet, the director of March of the Penguins, which won an Oscar in 2006.
Twenty years after the terrible massacres of the war in Algeria, we go back in time with Our Guest, documentary film-maker Malek Bensmaïl – whose mission it is to create a contemporary memory of his country. The relationship between history, memory and artistic creation are also at the core of the reflection of Guadeloupean philosopher Alain Foix, to whom we have devoted the pages of our Ideas section.
In Zoom, we travel the world, this time in the company of Floriane de Lassée, a photographer fascinated by these walkers who transport loads on their heads that are as varied as they are voluminous. With their backs sometimes bent, but their heads still held high, these modern caryatids carry with them the weight of tradition, education, family – and life itself.
The UNESCO Courier. February 1955 Rare Masterpieces of World Art. 1954. by Sandy (editor-in-chief) Koffler. Currently unavailable
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In Memoriam: Sandy Koffler On 11 November 2003, Sandy Koffler passed away in Paris at the age of 86. Koffler was the founder and Editor-in-Chief until 1977 of the UNESCO Courier magazine, published in 35 languages until 2001.
Sandy Koffler met Leonardo founder Frank Malina in 1947 at the inception of UNESCO, when Malina was helping set up the UNESCO science program; Koffler then established Courier. This deep and uninterrupted friendship lasted over 30 years of hectic discussions, shared enthusiasms and mutual encouragements.
Malina left UNESCO to devote himself to kinetic art and, later, to the establishment of the international art/science journal Leonardo. Malina’s sudden death in 1981 threw the immediate future of the journal into some doubt; it was then that Koffler offered his editorial experience to assure the continuation of Leonardo; he served as Editor-in-Chief during 1981–1982 until the Leonardo editorial offices were moved to San Francisco, where they are still headquartered.
Koffler and Malina were part of a generation that helped rebuild world institutions after World War II; Koffler dedicated his life to promoting international understanding and making known the world heritage and developments in education, science and culture. Koffler is survived by his wife, Pauline Koffler, who also served for many years as a corresponding editor of Leonardo. The Leonardo network mourns the departure of a friend, colleague and kindred spirit who contributed through his work to the creation of a saner world based on international collaboration and dialogue.
教科文组织《信使》
The Unesco Courier可能有中文版
· 巴黎 · 非營利組織
Since its creation in 1948, the UNESCO Courier has been spreading
One man with a visionary idea.
What if, wherever you are in the world, you could travel to distant lands, and learn about those cultures?
Today, we pay homage to Sandy Koffler, the #UNESCOCourier’s founder.
To our readers, thank you for coming along for the ride. The first #CourierForum is only the beginning!
ℹ https://on.unesco.org/2LrvyuI #CourierForum
What if, wherever you are in the world, you could travel to distant lands, and learn about those cultures?
Today, we pay homage to Sandy Koffler, the #UNESCOCourier’s founder.
To our readers, thank you for coming along for the ride. The first #CourierForum is only the beginning!
ℹ https://on.unesco.org/2LrvyuI #CourierForum****
Diogenes 季刊
第欧根尼-2010 2 总第52期
作者： 出版社：商务印书馆发行部 ISBN：1000-6575 出版日期：2011-1-1 17-01-2003 11:15 am Paris – The quarterly journal Diogenes, published under the auspices of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS) with support from UNESCO, will celebrate its 50th birthday on January 21 at UNESCO Headquarters (Room IV, from 4-6 p.m.). The 200th issue of the journal, which focuses on dialogue between civilizations, will be presented, along with Chamanismes, a special publication in the Collection Quadrige series (Presses Universitaires de France-PUF), which is an updated reprint of a 10-year-old issue of Diogenes. 第欧根尼 ,又名戴奥真尼斯,Diogenes，公元前 404——323，開創一種落拓不羈、簡陋而自然的生活方式。他留著長長的鬍子。白天手執拐杖，赤足遊行於市；晚上在郊外躺在酒桶裡過夜。一根橄欖樹枝、 UNESDOC| 1/1 | |
| Title: | Diogenes |
| Added Title: | UNESCO-sponsored programmes and publications |
| Corporate author: | International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies |
| Imprint: | Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Coordinacion de Humanidades |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Original Language: | Spanish |
| Other lang. title: | Diogenes; Diogene |
| ISBN ISSN: | 0185-2612 |
| General notes: | Published under the auspices of UNESCO. Previously published at Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana. Ceased publication |
| Frequency: | QUARTERLY |
| Main descriptors: | Philosophie |
| Item available at: | UNESCO Library 1(100) |
| Holdings: | 1952 - 1992 (no.160) |
| On line: | No |
| Document Type: | Periodical |
| Catalog Number: | 106995 |
| Source code: | LIB |
2014年2月8日 星期六
對歷史的理解 (Diogenes 《第歐根尼》中文精選)
Diogenes is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers four times a year in the field of philosophy and the humanities. The journal's editors are Maurice Aymard (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) and Luca Maria Scarantino (IULM). It has been in publication since 1953 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, with the support of UNESCO.
Scope
Diogenes aims to offer a publication outlet for scientific information and intellectual synthesis. The journal publishes work from all fields of philosophical, humanistic and social studies from archaeology to education. Diogenes is transdisciplinary in scope, publishing pieces by scholars across a range of disciplines.Abstracting and indexing
Diogenes is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:References
- Diogenes SAGE Publications on-line portal to Diogenes.
External links
《對歷史的理解》是死翻譯 (名字全是漢字)，須要注解處很多，可是全部從缺，因此好書難讀。
對歷史的理解
作者: 《第歐根尼》Diogenes中文精選編輯委員會 編選
出版社: 商務印書館
出版年: 2007-7
頁數: 271
定價: 17.00元
裝幀: 平裝
叢書: 《第歐根尼》中文精選版
內容簡介 · · · · · ·
歷史
目錄 · · · · · ·
戰鬥在前沿(代序)
對歷史的理解：尋求流逝時間中的絕對莫迪凱·羅什瓦爾德著
- ...the Absolute in Passing Time Mordecai Roshwald Silver Springs, USA Perceptions of...the Absolute in Passing Time Mordecai Roshwald The way human history has been perceived...the very shaping of history. Mordecai Roshwald Silver Springs, USA Notes 1. Herodotus...Check Item
克利俄，無知和20世紀
徘徊於尋求普遍性與尋求認同性之間的歷史學家
論史學理論的類型
歷史和歷史人類學
歷史學和修辭學
- ...wanted it, the...; of dialectic in the sense of a logic of the probable. Translated by Thomas Epstein Notes 1. Kristofz Pomian. L'Ordre du Temps (Paris, 1984) 33. 2. Paul Veyne. Comment on écrit l'histoire (Paris, 1979).Check Item
歷史學與歷史的大眾應用
歷史學的社會職能
歷史學家的雙重責任
學術成就和歷史學家的責任
歷史實踐與責任
從斯溫隊長到潘喬·比利亞——埃裏克·霍布斯鮑姆史學著作中的農民反抗
歐洲史與文化傳遞
歷史在電影中的再現——介乎歷史性與真實性之間
- ...Between Historicity and Authenticity Gil Bartholeyns Brussels/Paris Gil Bartholeyns Brussels/Paris Representation of the...Between Historicity and Authenticity1 Gil Bartholeyns The genre of the 'historical film', or 'history...Check Item
史學：從道德科學到電腦
- ...Science to the Computer Krzysztof Pomian CNRS, Paris History: From Moral Science to the Computer Krzysztof Pomian In order to understand history as it...is far from being complete. Krzysztof Pomian CNRS, Paris (translated from the French...Check Item
作者簡介
- ...Moses: the Ideal of a Leader Mordecai Roshwald 51 MOSES: THE IDEAL OF A LEADER And...understanding (Jeremiah 3:15) Mordecai Roshwald To talk about leadership in our times...biblical perception of leadership? Mordecai Roshwald (University of Minnesota) 16 The King...Check Item
- ...and of Ancient Greece Mordecai Roshwald 115 The Ethical Concepts of Judaism and of Ancient Greece Mordecai Roshwald The purpose of this essay is to compare...had the advice of my son, Dr. Aviel Roshwald. 5. Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics...Check Item
- ...the Absolute in Passing Time Mordecai Roshwald Silver Springs, USA Perceptions of...the Absolute in Passing Time Mordecai Roshwald The way human history has been perceived...the very shaping of history. Mordecai Roshwald Silver Springs, USA Notes 1. Herodotus...Check Item
- ...Biblical Roots of Democracy Mordecai Roshwald University of Minnesota, USA While...Biblical Roots of Democracy Mordecai Roshwald It is customary to look for the roots...from an imperial rule founded on popular Roshwald: The Biblical Roots of Democracy 141...Check Item
- Journal Article The Idea of the Promised Land Mordecai Roshwald 45 THE IDEA OF THE PROMISED LAND Mordecai Roshwald It is common knowledge that the Jews have shown an unusually persistent emotional attachment to their fatherland, notably...Check Item
- ...Toleration, Pluralism, and Truth Mordecai Roshwald University of Minnesota This paper...Toleration, Pluralism, and Truth Mordecai Roshwald The three concepts serving as the heading...reflection and search for truth. To see it as Roshwald: Toleration, Pluralism, and Truth 27...
courier
- [kə'ːriər | kúr-]
[名]
1 （手紙・小包などの）運搬［配達］人；急送［宅配］便業者
a motorcycle courier
バイク急送便のメッセンジャー
バイク急送便のメッセンジャー
a private courier firm
宅配便会社.
宅配便会社.
2 ((主に英))旅行世話人；（旅行社の）ガイド, 添乗員.
3
(1) （外交文書・重要書類などを携行する）急使.
(2) 急使が利用する輸送機関（飛行機・船など）.
4 ((C-))((新聞・雑誌等の名称に用いて))…クーリア, …新報(1) （外交文書・重要書類などを携行する）急使.
(2) 急使が利用する輸送機関（飛行機・船など）.
the Liverpool Courier
リバプールクーリア.
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