Assignment M2A1 Society

This task is to fulfill the following subgoals of the course

Students should

Have reflected on current trends in and societal impact of future development of AI, autonomous systems and software.
Have gained knowledge about current research in Swedish academy and industry.

The 2018 WASP Foresight paper Links to an external site.is written by some of the leading experts in WASP related research in academia and industry.

The task is to read this document and provide your own reflections and recommendations. This could include

Facts and statements that you didn't agree upon or would question.
Interesting information or developments that you would like to have added or expanded upon.
Suggested implications on strategic decisions for specific industry, researchers, WASP program board, society...
Any other insight you would like to share...

Document this in a few slides. We expect you to be brief but put some serious thoughts into this.

Note: The report was initiated before the latest expansions of WASP, these are therefore not fully reflected in the document.

Another input for your thoughts about this can be one of the following reports

(from Oxford 2013)

(from SSF 2014)