Tepperspectives is the heart of thought leadership for the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. Tepper school faculty and other experts share their research, innovations, and ideas for The Intelligent Future℠.
Article
It’s common to describe LLMs as tools, but Emily DeJeu argues that they are actually cognitive mediators that that can shape writing and critical thinking, pushing our modes of communication toward homogeneity.
August 31, 2026
Article
Forecasts can improve decisions about inventory, capacity, advertising, and pricing. But when prediction quality is uncertain, the harder problem is knowing when to trust the forecast and when to fall back on a more robust plan.
August 18, 2026
Podcast
Can the massive economic productivity gains from AI justify the $25 billion in annual environmental and public health damages caused by the rapid expansion of US data centers?
July 17, 2026