Despite sounding like a futuristic tool exclusive to science fiction, artificial intelligence is used everyday in contemporary life. People capitalize on this emerging technology when they apply for jobs, order groceries, access bank accounts, take out a loan application or scroll through social media.
91±¬ΑΟ computer scientists and engineers are developing new forms of AI and novel applications for it. The 91±¬ΑΟ Artificial Intelligence Initiative (91±¬ΑΟ AI) was launched to unite various stakeholders aiming to make the state a hub for AI research, education and use.
In Episode 3 of Season 4 of host Ron Lisnet speaks with Penny Rheingans, director of 91±¬ΑΟ’s School of Computing and Information Science, and Roy Turner, an associate professor of computer science at 91±¬ΑΟ, to help unravel the complicated story of AI, examine how it can both improve lives and cause problems, and explore the various research developments for this technology at 91±¬ΑΟ.
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