<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">This book analyzes the potential benefits of using artificial intelligence to surpass traditional social and economic problems in Latin America, but it also looks to understand the perils and barriers derived from the adoption of this technology. This volume is divided in </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>Section 1. “Considering AI in the private sphere”</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US"> that debates about the employment of artificial intelligence from the citizen’s perspective. It embraces topics related with the introduction of AI in the media and the labor market, and how Latin Americans perceive, engage and mobilize before the rising presence of AI in their daily lives. </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>Section 2. Challenges and promises of AI in the public sector </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">centers on the ethical and legal controversies triggered by the incorporation of artificial intelligence in the public sphere. It focuses on the promising benefits of introducing AI in the public administration, education and public security, but also the latent impacts on human rights.</span></span></span></p>