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In the beautiful city of Pisa, Italy, a chilling exhibition took place a little over a week ago in the heart of a historic palazzo. Passersby could stumble upon an art show featuring 450 works by renowned artists like Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol and others. A beautiful day, right? But what if I told you that every single piece was a fake? Not just poorly made replicas, but high-end counterfeits — scarily authenticated by experts.
Dystopias remain terrifying because of how close we remain to achieving them. Black Mirror, an anthology Netflix TV series, often utilizes dystopias to make social and political commentary. Each episode is unrelated in content but they all aim to critique or expose human nature. Sure, I could list the most entertaining episodes but, in this political moment, wouldn’t it be more fun to look at the ones that hate us the most?
In a world where science fiction often feels confined to the pages of our books or the threads of our imagination, Tesla’s reveal of its humanoid robot (Tesla Bot) offers a glimpse of fiction melting into reality. In I, Robot, humanoid machines struggle between obedience and the tantalizing possibility of something more — reflecting human desires and fears. Are we approaching a world where the lines blur between creator and creation?
With the Tesla Bot entering the scene, a daunting sense of familiarity emerges as ethical and societal concerns from I, Robot resurface, highlighting unsettling parallels between fiction and reality. In the film, robots are bound by The Three Laws of Robotics to ensure they remain obedient and harmless to humans. Yet, as the plot unfolds, we see that despite these strict safeguards, the machines begin to develop minds of their own, pushing the boundaries of their programming as doubts about their owners’ intentions cloud their “minds.”
While GenAI could increase research efficiency and accuracy, there are several key challenges to using GenAI in academic research, according to Cornell professors.
Cornell undergraduates designed a generative AI chatbot, sai, aimed to help students succeed.
Cornell professors hold differing approaches on how to address and regulate readily available and powerful artificial intelligence systems in their courses.
Cornell’s Jan. 5 task force report, entitled Generative AI in Administration, outlined the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence use in the University’s operations.
I’d like to offer a parallel explanation to the dusty and oft-reused one of our professors. If there is a cheating epidemic, professor laziness and inflexibility is just as much to blame as student dishonesty. In a changing academic and technological environment, our faculty have either refused to adapt or taken the easy way out, all while keeping their expectations for academic integrity the exact same. Fanning the flames further are University policies which reinforce the idea that grades and our self worth are one and the same. There exists a perfect storm in which an unwillingness to change by all parties involved has allowed human nature to run rampant and given our behind-the-times professors something to complain about.
After numerous debates regarding artificial intelligence, Cornell released a statement addressing the controversy and establishing new policies.
Prof. Yiqi Luo, integrative plant science, highlights the importance of soil and terrestrial ecosystems for carbon sequestration.