Behavior Analytics Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Manyuk ◽  
Kalpana Beesabathuni
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Digital Technologies

A fully automated conversational agent with artificial intelligence capabilities (Youper) for treating depression and anxiety: A nonrandomized feasibility trial (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Hamilton Vargas ◽  
Thiago Antonio Marafon ◽  
Diego Fernando Couto ◽  
Ricardo Giglio ◽  
Marvin Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Feasibility Trial ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Conversational Agents ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Viable Solution

BACKGROUND Mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety disorders, are significant global concerns. Many people with these conditions don't get the help they need because of the high costs of medical treatment and the stigma attached to seeking help. Digital technologies represent a viable solution to these challenges. However, these technologies are often characterized by relatively low adherence and their effectiveness largely remains empirical unverified. While digital technologies may represent a viable solution for this persisting problem, they often lack empirical support for their effectiveness and are characterized by relatively low adherence. Conversational agents using artificial intelligence capabilities have the potential to offer a cost-effective, low-stigma and engaging way of getting mental health care. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of Youper, a mobile application that utilizes a conversational interface and artificial intelligence capabilities to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in adults. METHODS 1,012 adults with symptoms of depression and anxiety participated in a real-world setting study, entirely remotely, unguided and with no financial incentives, over an 8-week period. Participants completed digital versions of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) at baseline, 2, 4, and 8 weeks. RESULTS After the eight-week study period, depression (PHQ-9) scores of participants decreased by 48% while anxiety (GAD-7) scores decreased by 43%. The RCI was outside 2 standard deviations for 93.0% of the individuals in the PHQ-9 assessment and 90.7% in the GAD-7 assessment. Participants were on average 24.79 years old (SD 7.61) and 77% female. On average, participants interacted with Youper 0.9 (SD 1.56) times per week. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that Youper is a feasible, acceptable, and effective intervention for adults with depression and anxiety. CLINICALTRIAL Since this study involved a nonclinical population, it wasn't registered in a public trials registry.

scholarly journals Applications of Robotics, AI, and Digital Technologies During COVID-19: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Zhuo Zhao ◽  
Yangmyung Ma ◽  
Adeel Mushtaq ◽  
Abdul M. Azam Rajper ◽  
Mahmoud Shehab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Rapid Diagnosis ◽  
Quick Response ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Potential Impact

Abstract Many countries have enacted a quick response to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic by utilizing existing technologies. For example, robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital technology have been deployed in hospitals and public areas for maintaining social distancing, reducing person-to-person contact, enabling rapid diagnosis, tracking virus spread, and providing sanitation. In this paper, 163 news articles and scientific reports on COVID-19-related technology adoption were screened, shortlisted, categorized by application scenario, and reviewed for functionality. Technologies related to robots, artificial intelligence, and digital technology were selected from the pool of candidates, yielding a total of 50 applications for review. Each case was analyzed for its engineering characteristics and potential impact on the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, challenges and future directions regarding the response to this pandemic and future pandemics were summarized and discussed.

Das Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligenz als Herausforderung für die Parlamente

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-181
Author(s):  
Arne Pilniok
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Processes Of Change ◽  
Parliamentary Democracy ◽  
Democratic Representation ◽  
Government Administration ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Government

The digital transformation is permanently changing the government, administration, and society . This process is being intensified by the much-discussed technologies of artificial intelligence, and poses a variety of challenges for parliaments and indirectly for parliamen­tary studies . Their different dimensions have not been discussed comprehensively so far, although the technological developments affect all parliamentary functions and their prem­ises . This article systematizes and structures the various effects of the age of artificial intel­ligence on parliamentary democracy . Namely, the conditions of democratic representation change, the innovation-friendly regulation of digital technologies becomes a parliamentary task, parliamentary control has to be adjusted to the use of algorithms and artificial intelli­gence in government and administration, and possibly, the epistemological and organiza­tional structures of parliamentary work might have to be adapted . This provides starting points for future detailed analyses to adequately capture these processes of change and to accompany them from different disciplinary perspectives .

TAX ADMINISTRATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-158
Author(s):  
Olga Valentinovna MANDROSHCHENKO ◽  
◽  
Sergey Valentinovich BOGACHOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Pharmaceutical Market ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Tax Administration ◽  
Rfid Tags ◽  
Qr Codes ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Leading Position

In the field of the use of digital technologies in tax administration, Russia occupies a leading position. The main results of the work of the Federal Tax Service of Russia in this direction are increasing tax collection, bringing business out of the shadows through the introduction of a system for controlling VAT refunds (ASK VAT-2), online sales registers, marking goods with RFID tags (fur market) and QR codes (pharmaceutical market), electronic offices of taxpayers. However, the prospects for the introduction of digital technologies in the field of tax administration are associated with the construction of the architecture of a single information space through the use of blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence, which is reflected in this article.

Socio-humanitarian framework for evaluating innovations in the field of artificial intelligence

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.N. Raikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Main Emphasis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Value Orientations ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
The Impact

The paper addresses the issue of identification the social and humanitarian grounds for constructing criteria for assessing the impact of various factors on the development of innovations using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The analysis of basic concepts, standards and criteria for evaluating innovations has been carried out; an analytical review of foreign scientific publications was made. It is shown that modern systems for assessing innovations related to digital technologies and AI place the main emphasis on technological factors in the development of innovations. Social value orientations, including defining the ethical dimensions and social consequences of the malicious use of AI was identified; the analysis of innovation models in the context of quality management and differentiation of semantics of AI models is carried out. As a result, a classification of various types of AI was constructed, taking into account the social and humanitarian grounds for constructing criteria for assessing the impact of various factors on the development of innovations in the field of AI. It allows to increase the reputation potential of companies developing AI systems and AI systems themselves, to counter negative trends in the field of ethics associated with the use of digital technologies and AI.

scholarly journals Digital Economy and Anti-Corruption: New Digital Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
E.L. Sidorenko ◽  
A.A. Lykov
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Models ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Corruption Prevention

The authors of this paper consider promising areas of the corruption prevention using the latest digital technologies: Blockchain, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. The purpose of this research is the analysis of advantages of the digital economy development in terms of solving social problems and crime prevention. The authors also show functional digital models of the anti-corruption compliance are defined. In addition, the research results include the determination of some shortcomings of the proposed models associated with the imperfection of the current legislation.

Role of Emotions in Interactive Museums

2020 ◽  
pp. 174-193
Author(s):  
Giuliana Guazzaroni
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Art Galleries ◽  
Emotional Change ◽  
The Relationship

Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly being used by educational institutions and museums worldwide. Visitors of museums and art galleries may live different layers of reality while enjoying works of art augmented with immersive VR. Research points out that this possibility may strongly affect human emotions. Digital technologies may allow forms of hybridization between flesh and technological objects within virtual or real spaces. They are interactive processes that may contribute to the redefinition of the relationship between identity and technology, between technology and body (Mainardi, 2013). Interactive museums and art galleries are real environments amplified, through information systems, which allow a shift between reality, and electronically manipulated immersive experiences. VR is emotionally engaging and a VR scenario may enhance emotional experience (Diemer et al., 2015) or induce an emotional change (Wu et al., 2016). The main purpose of this chapter is to verify how art and VR affect emotions.

scholarly journals The impact of artificial intelligence on event experiences: a scenario technique approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Neuhofer ◽  
Bianca Magnus ◽  
Krzysztof Celuch
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Marketing Technology ◽  
Touch Point ◽  
Scenario Technique ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Digital technologies are transforming human relations, interactions and experiences in the business landscape. Whilst a great potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the service industries is predicted, the concrete influence of AI on customer experiences remains little understood. Drawing upon the service-dominant (SD) logic as a theoretical lens and a scenario technique approach, this study explores the impact of artificial intelligence as an operant resource on event experiences. The findings offer a conceptualisation of three distinct future scenarios for the year 2026 that map out a spectrum of experiences from value co-creation to value co-destruction of events. The paper makes a theoretical contribution in that it bridges marketing, technology and experience literature, and zooms in on AI as a non-human actor of future experience life ecosystems. A practical guideline for event planners is offered on how to implement AI across each touch point of the events ecosystem.

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