The journalism industry has been under immense economic pressure over the past two decades, so it makes sense that journalists have started experimenting with generative AI to boost their productivity. An Associated…
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As the US government and record labels go after TikTok, musicians get the squeeze
For much of the year, TikTok has been on the defensive. On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would force the short-form video app to…
The folly of making art with text-to-image generative AI
Making art using artificial intelligence isn’t new. It’s as old as AI itself. What’s new is that a wave of tools now let most people generate images by entering a text prompt….
What’s a Luddite? An expert on technology and society explains
The term “Luddite” emerged in early 1800s England. At the time there was a thriving textile industry that depended on manual knitting frames and a skilled workforce to create cloth and garments…
Picard’ – a cybersecurity expert explains how a sci-fi series illuminates today’s threats
Editor’s note: This article contains plot spoilers. Society’s understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on simple stereotypes and sensational portrayals in the entertainment media. I’ve written about how certain scenarios…
Sex, love and companionship … with AI? Why human-machine relationships could go mainstream
There was once a stigma attached to online dating: Less than a decade ago, many couples who had met online would make up stories for how they met rather than admit that…
5 essential reads about the new era of creativity, job anxiety, misinformation, bias and plagiarism
The light and dark sides of AI have been in the public spotlight for many years. Think facial recognition, algorithms making loan and sentencing recommendations, and medical image analysis. But the impressive…
What are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business
The bitter conflict between actors, writers and other creative professionals and the major movie and TV studios represents a flashpoint in the radical transformation roiling the entertainment industry. The ongoing strikes by…
This course explores the long, interrelated history of two ways of seeing the world
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: Art & Science from Aristotle to Instagram What prompted the idea for the course?…