{"id":1400,"date":"2024-11-29T08:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T07:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil2\/ai-for-everybody\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:54:14","slug":"ai-for-everybody","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/ai-for-everybody\/","title":{"rendered":"AI for everybody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4d571bcc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.708), 1.3rem);\">AI is now an integral part of our daily lives, whether we&#8217;re using a smartphone or consulting online film recommendations. To understand its impact, it&#8217;s essential to know a few key figures and definitions: what exactly does \u201cmachine learning\u201d or \u201cneural network\u201d mean? By offering an overview of the fundamental concepts, we hope to demystify AI and encourage everyone to discover its potential, whatever their discipline or level of knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-4142fc9f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3075 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-for-everyone category-ia-toutes category-recherche\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-604103d6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"image-container color-1 max-size-400 wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/artificial-intelligence-survey-at-unil-widespread-use-and-clear-expectations\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2266\" height=\"2218\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/11\/sans-titre.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Artificial intelligence survey at UNIL: widespread use and clear expectations\" style=\"border-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/11\/sans-titre.png 2266w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/11\/sans-titre-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/11\/sans-titre-1024x1002.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/11\/sans-titre-768x752.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/11\/sans-titre-1536x1503.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/11\/sans-titre-2048x2005.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2266px) 100vw, 2266px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"underline-title wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/artificial-intelligence-survey-at-unil-widespread-use-and-clear-expectations\/\" target=\"_self\" >Artificial intelligence survey at UNIL: widespread use and clear expectations<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">UNIL conducted a survey on the use of AI within its community. It shows widespread adoption of AI alongside strong expectations regarding ethics, data protection, and training. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2659 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-for-everyone\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-604103d6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"image-container color-1 max-size-400 wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/ai-at-unil-in-figures\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1232\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/iaenchiffre.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A glance in numbers for the use of artificial intelligence at UNIL (2026 update)\" style=\"border-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/iaenchiffre.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/iaenchiffre-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/iaenchiffre-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/iaenchiffre-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"underline-title wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/ai-at-unil-in-figures\/\" target=\"_self\" >A glance in numbers for the use of artificial intelligence at UNIL (2026 update)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A few key figures to assess the role of artificial intelligence at the University of Lausanne, across research, teaching, and expertise, and to better understand its current impact. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2232 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-for-everyone\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-604103d6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"image-container color-1 max-size-400 wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/scientific-integrity-and-responsible-use-of-generative-ai-in-the-academic-context-at-unil\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1232\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/cobratv_a_symbolic_representation_of_the_intersection_between_1144a0c0-3964-4b04-add3-e57ec7ac3cd1_0-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Scientific integrity and responsible use of generative AI in the academic context at UNIL\" style=\"border-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/cobratv_a_symbolic_representation_of_the_intersection_between_1144a0c0-3964-4b04-add3-e57ec7ac3cd1_0-1.png 1232w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/cobratv_a_symbolic_representation_of_the_intersection_between_1144a0c0-3964-4b04-add3-e57ec7ac3cd1_0-1-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/cobratv_a_symbolic_representation_of_the_intersection_between_1144a0c0-3964-4b04-add3-e57ec7ac3cd1_0-1-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2025\/07\/cobratv_a_symbolic_representation_of_the_intersection_between_1144a0c0-3964-4b04-add3-e57ec7ac3cd1_0-1-768x578.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"underline-title wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/scientific-integrity-and-responsible-use-of-generative-ai-in-the-academic-context-at-unil\/\" target=\"_self\" >Scientific integrity and responsible use of generative AI in the academic context at UNIL<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Reliability, honesty, respect and responsibility guide the use of generative AI at UNIL. Clear guidelines govern transparency, ethics, data, training and human decisions. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2490 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-for-everyone\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-604103d6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"image-container color-1 max-size-400 wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/generativr-ai-developing-an-understanding-of-its-mechanisms-to-enable-a-critical-and-enlightened-use\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1232\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/cobratv_a_modern_university_classroom_blending_tradition_and__d8cf53ab-03f8-42bb-abf0-4085ffb1ab0e_1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Generative AI: developing an understanding of its mechanisms to enable a critical use\" style=\"border-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/cobratv_a_modern_university_classroom_blending_tradition_and__d8cf53ab-03f8-42bb-abf0-4085ffb1ab0e_1.png 1232w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/cobratv_a_modern_university_classroom_blending_tradition_and__d8cf53ab-03f8-42bb-abf0-4085ffb1ab0e_1-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/cobratv_a_modern_university_classroom_blending_tradition_and__d8cf53ab-03f8-42bb-abf0-4085ffb1ab0e_1-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/cobratv_a_modern_university_classroom_blending_tradition_and__d8cf53ab-03f8-42bb-abf0-4085ffb1ab0e_1-768x578.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"underline-title wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/generativr-ai-developing-an-understanding-of-its-mechanisms-to-enable-a-critical-and-enlightened-use\/\" target=\"_self\" >Generative AI: developing an understanding of its mechanisms to enable a critical use<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Beno\u00eet Garbinato, a professor at HEC Lausanne, explains the workings of generative AI and stresses the importance of a critical approach to its applications, limitations, and ethical concerns. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2661 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-ai-for-everyone\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-604103d6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"image-container color-1 max-size-400 wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/legal-issues-in-generative-ai-navigating-innovation-and-regulation\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1232\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/enjeuxjuridique.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Legal issues in generative AI: navigating between innovation and regulation\" style=\"border-radius:0px;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/enjeuxjuridique.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/enjeuxjuridique-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/enjeuxjuridique-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/files\/2024\/12\/enjeuxjuridique-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"underline-title wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/legal-issues-in-generative-ai-navigating-innovation-and-regulation\/\" target=\"_self\" >Legal issues in generative AI: navigating between innovation and regulation<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Plagiarism, data, intellectual property: Professor Gilli\u00e9ron sheds light on the legal grey areas of generative AI and their impact on higher education and academic practices. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bce697e8 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0\">\n<hr 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data-id=\"177\">Education<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/unil-experts\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"181\">UNIL Experts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/resources\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"185\">Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/news\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"190\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI is now an integral part of our daily lives, whether we&#8217;re using a smartphone or consulting online film recommendations. To understand its impact, it&#8217;s essential to know a few key figures and definitions: what exactly does \u201cmachine learning\u201d or \u201cneural network\u201d mean? By offering an overview of the fundamental concepts, we hope to demystify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":2476,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1400","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3062,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400\/revisions\/3062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/iaunil\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}