CONVERSATIONS AROUND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE CATALAN PERSPECTIVE

Artificial intelligence moves millions of euros and occupies an important part of governments' political and strategic agendas. In this article we reflect on this varied concept through interviews with three people who hold important positions in the field of artificial intelligence and who also have in common the fact that they were born and trained in Catalonia. We talked with them about the origins of this technological revolution, its impact on social organization and the labour market, its ethical implications, the future trends which are emerging and also on what role we Catalans play in this. With regards to the Catalan question we wanted to know if our universities are capable of generating the necessary talent, how to strategically boost the fabric of business in this area, what role the Administration should play and what should happen for artificial intelligence to communicate in Catalan. Throughout these conversations, the interviewees have conveyed to us the urgency and need to work on the definition of country-specific strategies in order not to be left behind socially and structurally in what seems to be a revolution without limits.