A conversation on artificial intelligence and how it’s impacting our lives

<p>We’re exploring the topic of artificial intelligence on this episode of MSU Today. We are we now? And what’s on the horizon?</p><p> </p><p>The panel featured Bill Hart-Davidson, associate dean of graduate studies in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University and senior researcher at <a href="https://digitalhumanities.msu.edu/wide/">WIDE</a>, and Anjana Susarla, Omura-Saxena Professor of Responsible AI in Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Conversation Highlights</em></strong>:</p><p> </p><p>(0:33) – What is artificial intelligence?</p><p> </p><p>(3:07) – What’s good about AI and what concerns you?</p><p> </p><p>(6:04) – What is AI’s impact on higher education?</p><p> </p><p>(11:36) – Could AI lead to a “dumber” society?</p><p> </p><p>(14:19) – When is AI a threat and when is it a new job skill people should acquire? What labor disruption is AI causing?</p><p> </p><p>(16:38) – Is this the first time AI is threatening white collar jobs?</p><p> </p><p>(18:34) – Talk about the <a href="https://theconversation.com/biden-administration-executive-order-tackles-ai-risks-but-lack-of-privacy-laws-limits-reach-216694">new guidelines on AI issued recently by the White House</a>.</p><p> </p><p>(23:57) – What are some facts about AI you’d like to reinforce and what are some myths you’d like to dispel?</p><p> </p><p>(26:40) – What has changed in the year since ChatGPT came out? What concerns you moving forward?</p><p> </p><p><em>Listen to “MSU Today with Russ White” on the </em><a href="http://go.msu.edu/listen"><em>radio</em></a><em> and through </em><a href="http://go.msu.edu/Spotify"><em>Spotify</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://go.msu.edu/ApplePodcasts"><em>Apple Podcasts</em></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://go.msu.edu/podcasts"><em>wherever</em></a><em> you get your shows.<br></em><br></p>