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Generative AI can seem like magic, which makes it both enticing and frightening. Scholars are helping society come to grips with the potential benefits and harms.

Editors remain cautious about the use of artificial intelligence in reporting. But used responsibly, they say, it can free up local journalists while augmenting their coverage – for instance, with AI-produced summaries of city council meetings.

A list of IEET White Papers on various technoprogressive topics and issues of public interest.

Chatbots like ChatGPT raise important new questions about how artificial intelligence will shape our lives, and about how our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging tech

Artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT can now produce convincingly human-sounding essays with minimal effort from users. It’s a massive timesaver – and an ethical quandary.

We seem to be fatally flawed, our species. We also seem to be wiping ourselves off the planet. In a weird way, I welcome AI and all that it portends.

Proponents say virtual reality boosts student engagement and achievement. Others worry it may prioritize corporate profits and violate student privacy. As 10 metaversities launch this fall, the details are being worked out in real time.

MCLA's primary focus for faculty is on teaching. But the 83 full-time faculty members who teach there are also publishing books and articles, conducting research, and heading unique,...

For more than two years, students from schools and universities around the world lived...

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