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How can business schools best navigate the AI era? Does GenAI in higher education constitute a level playing field where educational inequality and diverse learning needs are concerned?
Automating knowledge production and teaching weakens the ecosystem of students and scholars that sustains universities, raising existential questions about their mission.
Sometimes, we lie to others to protect their feelings. Maybe robots should be allowed to do the same.
The technology may be here sooner than we think. But we have so much to discuss first.
Two decades ago, the nanotechnology revolution avoided stumbling by bringing a wide range of people to the table to chart its development. The window is closing fast on AI following suit.
Industry leaders, scientists and policymakers may see AI’s technical potential, but societies have trouble adapting to revolutionary advances without broad public participation.
An expert explain the various concerns that were holding up FDA approval – from potential harmful side effects, to protecting the privacy of users’ brain-wave data.
AI is inevitably entering the workplace – some people are more OK with it than others. But do we trust this technology?
While ChatGPT has the potential to enhance marketing effectiveness, it can’t replace human creativity or form meaningful connections with customers like humans can.
The sentient, murderous humanoid robot is a complete fiction, and may never become reality. But that doesn’t mean we’re safe from autonomous weapons – they are already here.
Modified commercial drones are getting more powerful and can easily be turned into weapons. A researcher argues for ways to prevent their development.
Companies developing autonomous vehicles are missing out on the local knowledge and values of the people who live where these cars are tested. And that lack of engagement sets up bigger problems.
The technological goals are lofty. But fitting the new tech into the social and political landscape might pose the bigger challenge.
A list of 10 new technologies poised to transform our lives provides a chance to think about any related risks sooner than later. Reconceptualizing “value” changes what responsible development means.
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
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Associate Director for Research, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society and The Polytechnic School; Co-Director Center for Smart Cities and Regions, Arizona State University
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Professor and Chair of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Business School
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University
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Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Lecturer, Business School & Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
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Chair in Trust, Professor of Management, The University of Melbourne; Melbourne Business School
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University; The University of Melbourne
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Chief Research Information Officer and Associate Vice President for Research Technology, Arizona State University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder