In the Media

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On Artificial Consciousness

25/11/2023 - Conversation with António Damásio on Artificial Consciousness

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AI and Human Resources

24/10/2023 - The impacts of AI on Human Resources

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Vodafone Business Conference

3/10/2023 - Presentation at the Vodafone Business Conference.

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Slower than light

17/8/2023 - Podcast: slower than light

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Artificial Intelligence: what will it do to us?

8/8/2023 - Interview for SIC on the impacts of AI

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Interview for security council podcast

28/7/2023 - Interview for the podcast from magazine Sábado.

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The impacts of AI

1/6/2023 - Participation in a radio program about the impacts of AI

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Artificial Intelligence: which Humanity

29/5/2023 - Participation in a seminar organized by Gulbenkian on the topic of Artificial Intelligence

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Interview about AI regulation

28/5/2023 - Summary of an interview about the challenges in regulating AI applications.

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AI and the Internet

17/5/2023 - An interview for TSF on the anniversary of the Internet.

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A TV program about AI regulation

12/4/2023 - Participation in the program Sociedade Civil about AI regulation.

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Money, money, money podcast

15/2/2023 - Participation in the Money, Money, Money podcast.

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Personalized and accessible medicine

9/11/2022 - Participation in a panel about personalized and accessible medicine, organized in the context of the Gilead genesis program and transmitted by SIC.

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Expresso Podcast

22/07/2022 - An interview, by Francisco Pinto Balsemão, for the "create a better world" podcast, by Expresso.

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Conscious machines?

3/07/2022 - An interview for Rádio Renascença, about consciousness in machines.

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Sociedade Civil: the Brain

13/05/2022 - Participation in the RTP2 program Sociedade Civil about the brain.

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Sociedade Civil: what are NFTs

24/03/2022 - Participation in the RTP2 program Sociedade Civil about Non Fungible Tokens (NFT).

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Pandora's error

29/01/2022 - An interview, in two parts (Part 1 and part 2) for the "Erro de Pandora" podcast, about different aspects of Artificial Intelligence, including free-wiil, self-awareness and consciousness.

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The day the century started

10/09/2021 - The day the century started, an Expresso podcast by Ricardo Costa, about 9/11.

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Algorithms rule the world

1/08/2021 - An article, by Diogo Queiroz de Andrade, about the way algorithms rule our lives.

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SIC 20th anniversary

21/05/2021 - An interview for the 20th anniversary of SIC.

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CEO Talks

4/02/2021 - An interview with António Sarmento, for the Executive Digest podcast.

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The Future of the Future

11/01/2021 - An interview with Nelson Marques and Rúben Tiago Pereira, for the Future of the Future podcast.

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AI and Medicine

10/12/2020 - My participation in the Pfizer Talks, about AI and medicine, in conversation with Catarina Marcelino.

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AI applications and implications

11/11/2020 - My talk on Artificial Intelligence, its applications in medicine and its implications, at the Pfizer Portugal Awards.

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Profectus

29/10/2020 - My participation in the Profectus podcast, which aims at promoting reading. In the first episode, Ricardo Araújo Pereira proposed one of my favorite books, the edition of "Alice in Wonderland", annotated by Marting Gardner.

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Can Machines Think?

27/10/2020 - Can Machines Think? - A TEDx talk in times of pandemic, in an event organized by TEDx Universidade de Coimbra.

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The Digital Beings of 2121

20/10/2020 - The Digital Beings of 2121 - a small summary of an interview for Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese)

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Education and the Future of Work

8/10/2020 - Education and the Future of Work, an interview for the podcast of Venture Way (in Portuguese).

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Technology and Sustainability

8/10/2020 - Technology and sustainability, a panel for Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese)

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Podcast Cruzamento

6/10/2020 - An interview for the Cruzamento podcast, by Daniel Guedelha and André Correia, about AI and health. (in Portuguese)

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Project Intake

29/9/2020 - A short interview, by Joana Lobo Antunes, about the Intake project, for the program 90 seconds of science. (in Portuguese)

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What can the brain do?

23/9/2020 - A program about the brain, sponsored by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, with the presence of Rui Oliveira, Célia Oliveira, Graça Morais, moderated by Ana Lourenço. (in Portuguese)

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How technology is changing education

2/9/2020 - An interview with João Cruz and Rui Manuel Pereira, for the Cogito series (in Portuguese)

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Smart Meat Podcast

29/8/2020 - An interview with a machine, for the podcast Carne Esperta (Smart Meat) (in Portuguese)

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Atlantic Talks

20/7/2020 - An interview with Filipe Santos Costa, for the Atlantic Talks podcast, on the geopolitics of AI, among other things. (in Portuguese)

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COVID and digital transformation.

20/7/2020 - An article about digital transformation and the COVID-19 epidemic, for the magazine Ingenium (in Portuguese).

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What's next for higher education and digital transformation

9/7/2020 - A webinar organized by FLAD, with António Vaz Carneiro, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves and Paulo Zagalo e Melo. (in Portuguese)

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Getting ready for the future of education

26/5/2020 - My participation in a program organized by Expresso and Santander, about the impact of the pandemic in the future of education. (in Portuguese)

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The pandemic and the future of jobs

20/5/2020 - An interview by Ana Leonor Martins, for the magazine Human Resources, about the effects of the pandemic in the demand for jobs and skills, also with the presence of Marlene Fernandes. (in Portuguese)

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The age of Artificial Intelligence.

5/5/2020 - An interview by Afonso Mendonça and Catarina Magalhães for the Sapiens Digitalis magazine. (in Portuguese)

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Teaser for the book Artificial Intelligence.

28/4/2020 - Teaser for the book Artificial Intelligence. (in Portuguese)

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Technological and human factors in COVID-19 tracing.

25/4/2020 - An article about human and technological factors for the magazine Líder. (in Portuguese)

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Science and COVID-19

23/4/2020 - A program with Pedro Santos Guerreiro, Maria Mota and myself, about science and COVID, in a program organized by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation. (in Portuguese)

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Present and future of AI

16/4/2020 - An interview with Iolanda Ferreira, for the Open University program. (in Portuguese)

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The future of Artificial Intelligence.

2/4/2020 - An interview by Nuno Tomás, about the future of Artificial Intelligence, for the magazine Ingenium (in Portuguese).

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An interview with Mafalda Lopes da Costa, about digital minds.

14/12/2019 - An interview (in Portuguese) with Mafalda Lopes da Costa, about minds, machines and artificial intelligence.

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The truths and fallacies of autonomous driving

15/10/2019 - An excerpt of an intervention about self-driving cars, in a conference organized by Automotor, a specialty Portuguese magazine.

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Technology and the future of humanity

8/9/2019 - The highlights of my speech (in Portuguese) at the opening of the academic year, about the importance of technology in the future of humanity and why that future is unbounded.

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Imagine 2084: A conversation with Graça Castanheira

2/8/2019 - Interview with Graça Castanheira, for one episode of the series Imagine 2084, where we talk about artificial intelligence, mind uploading and the future of humanity.

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Deep Learning, Artificial General Intelligence, and WBE

30/6/2019 - Article about machine learning and artificial intelligence, for the Feed journal, edited by Jerónimo Martins.

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What is the future of AI?

18/6/2019 - A piece in Diário de Notícias, about an event organized by the Fidelidade insurance company, where the consequences of AI developments were discussed.

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Diário de Notícias: Culturgest

14/6/2019 - A piece in Diário de Notícias, about the final event in the series "Artificial Intelligence: Applications, Implications and Speculations", organized by Culturgest and Fidelidade.

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The Future of Intelligence

5/6/2019 - My talk, about the future of intelligence, given at the third and last event of the series "Artificial Intelligence: Applications, Implications and Speculations", organized by Culturgest and Fidelidade.

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Antena3: Prova Oral

26/3/2019 - A radio program with Fernando Alvim and Xana Alves, about the book Artificial Intelligence (in Portuguese).

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Prova Oral

19/2/2019 - A program with Fernando Alvim and Xana Alves, interviewing Joana Amaral Dias and me, about politics, current topics and, also, Artificial Intelligence.

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What is AI and where will it take us?

9/2/2019 - An interview with me and Paulo Gomes, by José Pedro Frazão, about Artificial Intelligence and what my most recent book has to say about it.

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It is hard to be sure AI systems will follow moral guidelines.

2/2/2019 - An interview by Virgílio Azevedo, for the newspaper Expresso, about the book Artificial Intelligence, which also addresses a number of open questions in the area.

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Presentation of the book Artificial Intelligence

1/2/2019 - Book launch event for Artificial Intelligence with Mário Figueiredo and João Pedro Pereira (in Portuguese).

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We will live with other intelligent beings on this planet...

24/1/2019 - An interview by Catarina Carvalho and João Céu e Silva, for Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese), about artificial intelligence, but also about technology, society, economy and higher education policies.

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Scientists in the Palace

22/1/2019 - An invitation from the President of the Republic to go the Belém Palace and talk with young students from schools around the country about Artificial Intelligence and the way science and technology will impact our lives..

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We have lots of Ronaldos in science and technology...

5/1/2019 - An interview by Bruno Contreiras Mateus, for Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese), with me and José Santos Víctor, about Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

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Brave New World: AI, Machine Learning and Board Games

1/1/2019 - A program done for the Portuguese TV chain SIC, by Miriam Alves, about recent advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and applications in board games (in Portuguese).

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Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence: Myths and Reality

28/11/2018 - My presentation about Artificial Intelligence, its applications and technologies, at the conference organized jointly by Executive Digest and Técnico (in Portuguese).

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A code of conduct for robots?

16/9/2018 - The video of a panel organized by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, where we discussed the ethics and morals of robots (in Portuguese).

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Will technology destroy your job?

14/9/2018 - A short piece for the Portuguese TV station TVI, by Marco António, about the evolution of technology and the possibility of job destruction.

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The Future of Work

8/9/2018 - An interview for the program Da Capa à Contracapa, by José Pedro Frazão, from Rádio Renascença, about the coming event promoted by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

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Big Brother

3/9/2018 - A piece written (in Portuguese) for the newspaper Diário de Notícias, about the role of Google in world, for the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the search engine.

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Digital Minds: Interview for Antena 2

16/7/2018 - An interview (in Portuguese) for the Antena 2 program Science about the book Digital Minds.

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Women in Science and Technology

25/5/2018 - Interview (in Portuguese), by Cristina Correia, for the magazine Executiva, on the presence of women in technological areas, and why we need more, many more, women in science and technology.

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Digital Minds are a sort of insurance for the human race

27/4/2018 - Interview (in Portuguese), by Lúcia Crespo, for Jornal de Negócios. An interesting conversation on the potential of digital minds to become the future of the human race, creating, amongst others, the possibility of interstellar travel for our descedents.

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Interview for magazine Visão

23/4/2018 - Interview (in Portuguese), by Rui Antunes, for the 25th anniversary edition of the magazine Visão. Mostly about robots, employment (or the lack of it) and where technology will take us in the next 25 years.

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2084 Imagine: Trailer

22/3/2018 - Graça Castanheira's trailer for 2084 imagine, a project that aims at anticipating what the world will be like 100 years after 1984.

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Technology: the next 30 years

28/2/2018 - An interview (in Portuguese) with Nuno Domingues, for TSF, on the expectable developments for the next 30 years of artificial intelligence, on the occasion of the celebration of the first 30 years of this radio.

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Interview for Empire of the Senses

5/2/2018 - An interview (in Portuguese) with Paulo Alves Guerra, for radio Antena 2, with a few intermissions of classical music and a reference to the recording of one edition of the program 2084 (starts at the 1:19 mark).

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Podcast Mutante: The Minds and Bodies will be Digital

17/1/2018 - A conversation (in Portuguese) with Diogo Queirós de Andrade, for the Mutant Podcast, about the future of digital minds. The Mutant Podcast covers mostly technology related topics, and is connected with the Publico newspaper.

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It may come the time when we are as monkeys, to the computers

28/12/2017 - Interview (in Portuguese) for Jornal i, a portuguese newspaper, by Nuno Ramos de Almeida, focusing on the way technology is changing society, and on the possibility of machines becoming truly intelligent and even conscious.

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I don't know if the smartphones are going to last another 10 years

19/12/2017 - Interview (in Portuguese) with Ana Pimentel, for the newspaper O Observador, focusing on the potential for sinergies between natural and artificial minds.

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Prova Oral, Antena 3

19/12/2017 - Interview (in Portuguese) for the program Prova Oral, Antena 3. Prova Oral is a popular program in portuguese radio, directed at the new generations. Fernando Alvim directs the conversation, and wonders whether robots will, one day, have emotions and even develop human-like behaviors, like missing you or watching pornography.

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The colonization of man by artificial intelligence

16/12/2017 - Review of the portuguese edition of The Digital Mind, by Joãao Céu e Silva, for Diário de Notícias. The title says it all: will man be colonized by artificial intelligence?

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Prós e Contras

11/12/2017 - Participation in the program Prós e Contras, in portuguese TV. Prós e Contras is a weekly program in portuguese television, with Fátima Campos Ferreira. This episode, which includes participation by Pedro Domingos, José Santos Víctor and others, tries to explain, to the common person, what artificial intelligence is.

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Digital Generation: RDP África

9/12/2017 - Interview (in Portuguese) for the program Geração Digital, RDP África, focusing on the changes technology is bringing to everyday life, at all levels of technological development.

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Article for Dinheiro Vivo

9/12/2017 - Article (in Portuguese) for the Dinheiro Vivo newspaper, discussing the impact of Artificial Intelligence technologies on the future of the economy. It also addresses the differences between Good Old Fashioned Artificial Intelligence (GOFAI) and modern machine learning based approaches.

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Podcast: Forty Five Degrees

28/11/217 - A conversation (in Portuguese) for the 45 degrees podcast, with José Maria Pimentel, about digital minds, artificial intelligence and existencial risks. The 45 degrees podcast covers many different topics, including technology, science, society and environment

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Pre-publication in Público

23/11/2017 - A pre-publication of the portuguese version of the book The Digital Mind, by the Público newspaper, which includes most of the first chapter of the book.

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Today's systems cannot be considered digital minds!

15/11/2017 - An interview (in Portuguese) with Sara Sá for the portuguese magazine Visão, about the recently released portuguese translation of the book Digital Minds. The interview focuses on the status of artificial intelligence in Portugal, and on some aspects addressed in the 2017 Web Summit.

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Let the robots pay taxes!

8/11/2017 - An interview (in Portuguese) with Dora Pires, for the portuguese radio TSF, about the book Digital Minds. The usual topics are addressed: will robots become intelligent, will they be a menace to society, will they take our jobs?

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The future of education and jobs

25/10/2017 - An interview (in Portuguese) with Ana Leonor Martins, for Human Resources, focusing on the changes that are required in education, to face the incoming revolution in the way work is done.

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The technological revolutions may destroy 50% of the jobs

4/8/2017 - Interview (in Portuguese) with João Céu e Silva, for Diário de Notícias, a portuguese newspaper. The first part of the interview focuses on the social consequences of the development of artificial intelligence, on jobs, economy and the way we live while the second part focuses on the possibility of existencial risks for humanity.

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MIT Press Podcast: Determining Digital Consciousness

16/7/2017 - An interview for the MIT Press Podcast, with Chris Gondek, about artificial intelligence, neuroscience, consciousness, and the consequences of the development of these technologies for the future of humanity. The MIT Press podcast is dedicated to books published by the press, covering many different subjects.

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Is the human brain the only system that can host a mind?

2/7/2017 - Interview with João Pedro Pereira, for the newspaper Público, about the future of artificial intelligence and the possibility of super-human intelligences.