2021-07-30 06:29:29 GMT2021-07-30 14:29:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ROME, July 29 (Xinhua) The first-ever Group of 20 talks on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics wrapped up Thursday in the Italian port city of Genoa, with participants calling for increased collaboration between government policymakers and the private sector in high-tech areas.
According to a statement released jointly by the Group of 20 (G20) and the Instituto Italiano di Technologia (IIT, Italian Institute of Technology), discussions centered around key areas including the role of AI and robotics in industrial and other labor sectors, as well as ethical implications of the technologies, the role they can play in sustainable development, their function in cutting-edge areas, such as space exploration, and even their role in popular culture.
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