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https://eng.vt.edu/magazine/stories/fall-2023/ai.html
The article explores how faculty experts at Virginia Tech view the growing impact of AI—highlighting its potential to improve accessibility, productivity, and decision-making across fields like healthcare, construction, and aerospace. However, they also raise concerns about data bias, reduced critical thinking, job displacement, and AI’s carbon footprint. Ethical risks include the loss of genuine human connection, privacy breaches, and the potential for AI-powered propaganda. Despite these challenges, experts emphasize that AI should be developed responsibly and used to augment, not replace, human judgment. Ultimately, AI’s future depends on transparent design, inclusion, and meaningful human oversight.

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AI—The good, the bad, and the scary

There is no denying that Artificial Intelligence has changed our lives. However, some might argue if it’s for the better.