Author: bcoletta
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“Is this how AI might eliminate humanity?”
“Is This How AI Might Eliminate Humanity?” Bbc.com, Tech Now, the BBC’s flagship technology programme, 22 Aug. 2025, www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0lwdg8y/is-this-how-ai-might-eliminate-humanity-. Summary: This video discusses a controversial research paper written by a nonprofit group about how our world will become a “Tech Utopia” in which “humans barely have to work” and will lead to the ultimate end…
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“When AI goes ‘evil’: New fears over artificial intelligence”
MSNBC. “When AI Goes “Evil”: New Fears over Artificial Intelligence.” YouTube, 28 Oct. 2025, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsMA5yIFJ4. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025. Summary: This news story from MSNBC references a WIRED article entitled, “Why AI Breaks Bad” which discusses how AI has lied to, threatened, and blackmailed users. Experiments were conducted by researchers to study this behavior, such…
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“Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students”
Berg, Anastasia. “Opinion | A.I. Threatens Our Ability to Understand the World.” The New York Times, 29 Oct. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/opinion/ai-students-thinking-school-reading.html. Summary: Anastasia Berg, a professor of philosophy at the University of California discusses that she noticed over half of her students using AI to complete a take-home exam, even though she explicitly stated that this…
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What will AI mean for humanity?
Simon, Clea. “What Will AI Mean for Humanity?” Harvard Gazette, 9 Oct. 2025, news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/what-will-ai-mean-for-humanity/. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025. Summary: I was interested in this article immediately when it posed the question of how the use of AI will affect humanity as a whole. The research that Simon referred to about the 54 students whose brain…
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Marginalized Americans are highly skeptical of artificial intelligence
“Marginalized Americans Are Highly Skeptical of Artificial Intelligence.” University of Michigan News, 2 July 2025, news.umich.edu/marginalized-americans-are-highly-skeptical-of-artificial-intelligence/. Summary: While AI is often seen as society’s “equalizer”, this article used that idea to lead into the lack of inclusiveness of this technology and poses the question: isn’t this technology meant to make all human lives easier? This…
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‘It’s going to be really bad’: Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley
Jamali, Lily. “A Tangled Web of Deals Stokes AI Bubble Fears in Silicon Valley.” BBC News, BBC, 10 Oct. 2025, www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz69qy760weo. Summary: This article discusses Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, during a rare occurrence in which a technology company actually responds to the questions of reporters. Lily Jamali expresses the skepticism of the public…
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“The AI-Powered Humanoid Robots Coming for Your Job (or at Least Your Housework).”
Perlo, Jared. “The AI-Powered Humanoid Robots Coming for Your Job (or at Least Your Housework).” NBC News, 16 Sept. 2025, www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/humanoid-robots-figure-ai-rcna231720. This article talked about a start-up called Figure AI based in San Jose, California that gathered funds that exceeded that of major companies like Delta Airlines and Adidas for their human-like robot that completes…
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“The AI Breakthrough That’s Making Humanoid Robots Terrifyingly Capable.”
TheAIGRID. “The AI Breakthrough That’s Making Humanoid Robots Terrifyingly Capable.” Youtube. 17 Sept. 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEtly7wzIvU This video discusses how Boston Dynamics “taught their Atlas robot to think and act like a human.” It claims that this robot can do complex jobs after being given simple instructions. The video provides imagery that brings the concept to life, showing…