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On Friday 5th December 2025, Vasilis Tsaousidis, Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace, and Assciate Faculty at Athena Research Center, presented his new book titled “Artificial Intelligence – Yes and No” published by Klidarithmos Editions.

 

The event was held in the Art Hall of the 74th Athens Primary School “Vasileios Kampanis”, in Plaka, in the presence of a large audience. Participating in the discussion with the author were Katerina Gari, Professor of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Konstantinos Remelis, Professor of Administrative Law and former Rector of Democritus University of Thrace; Anna Papadopoulou, lawyer; and Giorgos Siakantaris, PhD in Sociology and author. The discussion was moderated by journalist Tasos Telloglou, while the event was introduced by the Secretary General of the Municipality of Athens, Vasileios Bokos.

 

The book approaches Artificial Intelligence in a multidimensional and sober manner. In the first part, it analyzes what AI is and what it is not, its capabilities, limitations, applications, and social impacts. In the second part, through a work of fiction, it highlights critical questions about how AI will be implemented in the future, who will manage it, and for whose benefit.

 

The presentation highlighted the dialogue around AI not only as a technological issue, but also as a social and institutional one, underscoring the importance of its responsible and democratically controlled use.

 

How does Artificial Intelligence work? What can it really do? And how can it become a panacea rather than Pandora’s box?

 

The aim of this book, which is divided into two parts, is to approach Artificial Intelligence from multiple perspectives. In the first part of the book, it presents in detail what AI truly is (and what it is not), what its applications are, its development and limits, its weaknesses, what its contribution may be, and what its impacts might be. Subsequently, a fictional story inspired by the first part is presented, with the aim of highlighting that the dominant issue is not whether AI will be applied in the future, but how it will be applied, whom it will serve, who will control it, and whom it will control.

 

More about the book and the author, here.