Artificial intelligence (AI) dominates headlines, boardrooms, and political debates — often in equal parts excitement and confusion.This special series is conceived as a collaboration between Urban Analytica at SAIL at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and L'Orient Today, bringing students together with the editorial team to look past the noise. Together, they address timely questions at a moment of deep uncertainty and mysticism surrounding the digital and AI revolutions: how can our societies cultivate the epistemic, institutional, and political capacities necessary to move beyond technological determinism and toward a justice-oriented governance of AI? How can we envision a Lebanon where informed, knowledge-based decisions drive societal progress, transparency, and accountability? Read more Content moderation: The fine...
Artificial intelligence (AI) dominates headlines, boardrooms, and political debates — often in equal parts excitement and confusion.This special series is conceived as a collaboration between Urban Analytica at SAIL at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and L'Orient Today, bringing students together with the editorial team to look past the noise. Together, they address timely questions at a moment of deep uncertainty and mysticism surrounding the digital and AI revolutions: how can our societies cultivate the epistemic, institutional, and political capacities necessary to move beyond technological determinism and toward a justice-oriented governance of AI? How can we envision a Lebanon where informed, knowledge-based decisions drive societal progress, transparency, and accountability? Read more Content moderation: The fine...