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UC Davis academic Martin Hilbert discusses AI's challenges for democracy with UDP students

Martin Hilbert of the University of California, Davis, led a seminar with UDP students on 29 October on the fast development of artificial intelligence and what it means for democratic systems.

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Why it matters: UDP students were the audience for a seminar in which a University of California, Davis academic reflected on artificial intelligence and democratic systems.

UDP reported that Martin Hilbert, an academic at the University of California, Davis, led a seminar titled "La democracia frente a la IA" (Democracy in the face of AI) with UDP students.

According to UDP, the seminar took place on Thursday 29 October in the TV studio of its Faculty of Communication and Letters.

The university said Hilbert offered a reflection on the accelerating development of artificial intelligence and its implications for democratic systems.

Editor’s view

Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor

UDP students who attended the 29 October seminar heard a University of California, Davis academic reflect on the rapid development of artificial intelligence and its implications for democratic systems.

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