After applying to internships and jobs last summer, Boston University juniors Loup Wang and Luca Piekarski found the process frustrating and inefficient, which inspired them to find a solution.
The two teamed up with Wang’s high school friend, University of Alabama senior Vance Spears, to create their own solution: Ascendia, a web-based platform that uses artificial intelligence to help college students navigate and personalize the internship application process.
Boston University professors and administration weigh in on the role artificial intelligence should play in the classroom, as the generative AI industry booms.
Focusing on maximizing efficiency and cutting costs by employing artificial intelligence over real reporters will only harm the news industry in the long run. We must take action to protect both journalists as individuals and journalism as societal necessity.
AI isn’t going away — but that doesn’t mean we should blindly accept its encroachment into areas that are best left for human hands.
What if, as a consequence of Vance’s enforcement of open-sourcing model weights, the People’s Liberation Army had open access to the weights of frontier American models? The implications might be detrimental, and here’s why.
The Nobel Prizes represent an interesting litmus test for hot topics in modern research — and this year is no exception.
David Baker, professor at University of Washington, Seattle, won half for his...
Much of the world’s leading AI research occurs in the U.S., which puts American voters in a fortunate position to voice our opinions and influence its development. By extension, voters and legislators bear both the privilege and the responsibility of setting the standards — standards with global implications — on AI policy. At the same time, we must be careful not to blow our lead by exerting undue and untimely policy.
Today’s exponential growth in technology has revolutionized the way our politics, society and economy function. Some people argue that this shift has actually pushed us into a new economic system: technofeudalism.
We ought to critically assess the claims of those in power — the politicians, CEOs and, especially, the mainstream media. As the intelligence revolution takes shape, citizens must engage in the dialogue that will impact this future — our future.
We absolutely should keep in mind the vast potential and pitfalls that come with AI innovation. But, I don’t believe being fanatical or polarizing is the solution.
Generative AI can undeniably be a tool to cut menial work like summarizing long papers, creating presentations, etc. But I fear that its actual worth isn’t as high as these investors believe it is.
