by Cole Meixsell | Apr 19, 2024
Unlike those who focus on the concerns and unknowns around generative AI and AI more broadly, Prof. Orly Lobel argues for an optimistic view of AI’s future. In her influential 2022 book The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More...
by Cole Meixsell | Apr 17, 2024
Can AI be a tool for learning, or does it present barriers to learning by entrenching biases and weakening skills? Prof. Amy Ko’s Medium post, More than calculators: Why large language models threaten learning, teaching, and education, is a trenchant analysis of how...
by Cole Meixsell | Apr 16, 2024
Human factors and decision-making are being augmented and increasingly superseded by AI programs and bots. In their new book Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI, Profs. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Urs Gasser identify and explain how to consider and...
by Cole Meixsell | Apr 11, 2024
It’s always been hard to determine truth on the internet, which is central to why Hearsay Culture launched in 2006. Pessimism about the future has grown as misinformation proliferates and AI’s disruptive potential is realized. Dave Sifry, an experienced software...
by Cole Meixsell | Apr 10, 2024
Cornell Law and Tech Professor James Grimmelmann has become one of Hearsay Culture’s go-to experts on AI (having been a prior guest on issues involving intellectual property and technology). Its no surprise, therefore, that in this March 23, 2024 discussion on...
