What should users consider when using generative AI to create or manipulate images of other people? What policies should companies adopt to ensure that their products don't cause harm? Ethicist Derek Leben joins the Tepperspectives podcast to discuss.
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.
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.
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?