Tourist without a cause

EDULEARN21 Proceedings

The Elements of AI is a massive open online course on the basics of artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at the general public. It was first launched in Finland in 2018 and since 2019 the course has been offered in Sweden, in Swedish, with Linköping University as the academic partner. Over 32 000 people have signed up for the course in Sweden. One of the major challenges with the course is the scale. Largescale open online courses are quite common, but university courses at this scale and with continuous admittance and examination are rare. This paper describes the course, how it was offered as an academic study unit with thousands of students running across semesters with continuous admittance and examinations, and the lessons learned.

Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society

Echoing the evolving interest and impact of artificial intelligence on society, governments are increasingly looking for ways to strategically position themselves as both innovators and regulators in this new domain. One of the most explicit and accessible ways in which governments outline these plans is through national strategy and policy documents. We follow a systematic search strategy to identify national AI policy documents across twenty-five countries. Through an analysis of these documents, including topic modelling, clustering, and reverse topic-search, we provide an overview of the topics discussed in national AI policies and contrast the differences between countries. Furthermore, we analyse the frequency of eleven ethical principles across our corpus. Our paper outlines implications of the differences between geographical and cultural clusters in relation to the future development of artificial intelligence applications. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); HCI theory, concepts and models; • Social and professional topics → Government technology policy.

Philosophy & Technology, 2020

Amsterdam announced the launch of their open AI registers. They are the first cities to offer such a service in the world (City of Helsinki 2020). The AI registers describe what, where, and how AI applications are being used in the two municipalities; which datasets were used for training purposes; how algorithms were assessed for potential bias or risks; and how humans use the AI services. The registers also offer a feedback channel, which is meant to enable more participation, with information about the city department and the person responsible for the AI service. The goal is to make the use of urban AI solutions as responsible, transparent, and secure as other local government activities, to improve services and citizens' experiences. The AI registers are currently being populated. Anyone can check them. At the time of writing, there are 5 AI services available in the Helsinki AI Register 1 and 3 in the Amsterdam AI Register. 2 The plan is eventually to have all the cities' AI services listed in the registers. At the moment, eight services are not many, but, despite their still limited number, the overall project is extremely interesting for several reasons, and one can learn a few lessons from it. Let us see them. 2 Why the Project Is Interesting 2.1 Normal AI Despite all the pointless but very distracting speculations about nasty robots, singularity, superintelligence, and other sci-fi dystopian stories, the sort of AI appearing in the

This study advocates for the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the tourism industry. It synthesizes literature to comprehensively examine this concept, emphasizing the importance of tourist satisfaction and industry development. The study pursues two main objectives: elucidating AI's workings and analyzing its application in tourism. Employing a descriptive methodology, it gathers secondary data from diverse sources. The findings highlight the potential benefits of AI implementation in policy, strategy, and operational aspects of tourism. Moreover, it underscores the importance of AI education for stakeholders, including institutions, policymakers, and tour management teams, to leverage cutting-edge technologies effectively. This paper is an endeavour to shed light on the specific ways AI is utilized within the tourism sector, offering insights that can inform industry practices and academic discourse.

Proceedings of the ... International Management Conference, 2022

The present paper aims to emphasize how Artificial Intelligence can be managed in tourism industry in order to create a positive impact. Although everyone tends to believe that Artificial Intelligence is only about robots taking over the world, the purpose of this article is to come up with powerful meanings of the cognitive computing benefits. For instance, Artificial Intelligence encompasses a lot of different types of capabilities which can give us a better information to run the tourism businesses, but also to improve the customer's experience. To make this study much more significant, we conducted a content analysis based on literature review, within Leximancer computer software, which shows us the most important themes and concepts related to Artificial Intelligence in future tourism.

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2021

This study focused on how major national strategies call attention to the human dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI). All intelligent technologies using AI are constructed for people as either active users or as relatively passive target persons. Thus, human properties and human research should have an important role in developing future AI systems. In these development strategies, it is interesting to pay attention to the underlying intuitive assumptions and tacit commitments. This issue is especially interesting when we think about what governmental working groups say about people and their changing lives in their strategies. The traditional stances adopted in writing national strategies, in which technology development is seen as a purely technical issue, should be challenged. In the end, by putting human dimensions aside, societies cannot prepare themselves for the transformation risks. It is also probable that this stance makes communication between technical and human research more difficult.

Game Changers Dossier 2020, 2020

This article presents a brief analysis on the emerging issue on the role of Artificial Intelligence in the Transatlantic scenario, with particular reference to the interoperability topic.

Tourism Management , 2025

Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 2024

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT have taken the world by storm with their ease of adoption and perceived usefulness in performing expedited searches and sourcing for required information online. Such tools have also entered the tourism landscape, with consumers, businesses, and destinations seeking to tap into their immense potential and create personalized resources for their intended audiences. However, the rapid evolution of generative AI has almost ignored the ethical, moral, and responsible uses of these technologies. This research note is a timely commentary and introspection of the state of play and calls for greater reflexivity and responsibility to ensure that the tools are not abused to the detriment of tourism stakeholders.