Senior Info-Exclusion 4. - Emerging digital technologies and the technological singularity

Gil, Henrique; Patrício, Maria Raquel

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Senior Info-Exclusion 4. - Emerging digital technologies and the technological singularity

2025Book part

datacite.subject.fos	Ciências Sociais
dc.contributor.author	Gil, Henrique
dc.contributor.author	Patrício, Maria Raquel
dc.contributor.editor	Moreira, M.
dc.contributor.editor	Carvalho, L.
dc.contributor.editor	Simões, A.
dc.contributor.editor	Candeias, M.
dc.contributor.editor	Tomás, H.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-10-29T15:04:21Z
dc.date.available	2025-10-29T15:04:21Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.abstract	The elderly population will continue to comprise the largest group of the info-excluded, nationally and worldwide. With the evolution and appearance of increasingly emerging digital technologies, the possibility of increasing the digital divide among the elderly population could become a much more worrying reality. The Internet of Things, augmented reality, mixed reality and artificial intelligence, especially the new versions of GPT Chat, among others, are bringing new challenges and the need to acquire new digital skills. There is an increasing feeling that the so-called technological singularity will be reached very soon. If systems and entities become more intelligent, they could benefit the most info-excluded citizens because the system will be autonomous in its decision-making, where technology will/can override humans. However, it is important that citizens have the ability and possibility to decide which solutions and proposals they feel are best suited to their quality of life in a future where environments will be more assistive under the more refined concept of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). In this sense, there is an urgent need to discuss and present proposals so that today’s info-excluded can prepare for a society that will continue to be predominantly digital but will have new contexts, resources, and organisations. In this sense, the safe use of the Internet and safeguarding autonomy and independence with dignity and security will be the objectives of exercising full citizenship within a new digital ecosystem.	por
dc.identifier.citation	GIL, H. ; PATRÍCIO, M. (2025) - Senior info-xclusion 4.0 - Emerging digital technologies and the technological singularity. In MOREIRA, M. [et al.] (Eds) - Sustainability in aging - Challenges and opportunities for an integrated society. Springer. p. 632-648. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-77282-5
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/978-3-031-77282-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/10344
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.peerreviewed	yes
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject	Aging
dc.subject	Info-exclusion
dc.subject	Senior 4.0
dc.subject	Technological singularity
dc.subject	Emerging digital techniques
dc.title	Senior Info-Exclusion 4. - Emerging digital technologies and the technological singularity	por
dc.type	book part
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oaire.citation.endPage	648
oaire.citation.startPage	632
oaire.citation.title	Sustainability in aging - Challenges and opportunities for an integrated society
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person.givenName	Henrique Manuel Pires Teixeira
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