Information and artificial intelligence

There is a deep discussion about the so-called artificial intelligence (AI) –which is currently fuelled by bigdata- and about its possible effects on human life. I question in this article if we could get some advantage thinking about AI by clarifying the concept of information. I will argue, in effect, that a well-developed concept of information can provide some light on what we call AI. To argue in favour of this thesis, I will first explain my approach to the notion of information. Then, I will raise in brief some deliberations about AI. We can better understand what data is by taking into account the concept of information. We may also discuss, with a higher sense of perspective, even the very existence of something that could properly be called AI, as well as the possibility of machines superseding human beings, to damage or improve their life.