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Artificial Intelligence

In Focus

Artificial Intelligence

From health care to education, policy to art, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing our world and our daily lives.
Are we ready?

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The big questions

Explore more lingering questions about artificial intelligence throughout the page.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Business School faculty members discuss how artificial intelligence could reshape how work gets done.

A ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Kennedy School expert explores how regulation and other tools can ensure that AI tools work for everyone.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ writers, animators, architects, musicians, and mixed-media artists explain whether they see AI as a threat, collaborator, or tool.

The futurists


Can AI get
an M.D.?

From diagnosing diseases to predicting patient outcomes, new AI models could have a major impact on the quality and efficiency of healthcare.


Some of the most pressing questions in medicine can be advanced through the application of AI in the clinic.â€

Isaac Kohane

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Medical School

Isaac Kohane
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The future of healthcare

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Medical School professor Jagmeet Singh’s new book explains how the practice of medicine will become increasingly virtual, aided by digital technologies like artificial intelligence, telehealth, and wearable devices.

AI is already changing dentistry

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Forecasting the next viral outbreak

coronavirus

AI offers harmful advice on eating disorders

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These doctors aren’t sweating AI—yet

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Can a jack-of-all-trades AI reshape medicine?

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Does AI have a place in schools?


ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Graduate School of Education has collected advice for teachers, parents, guardians, and students on how AI can be a helpful part of the learning experience.

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  • Play with AI tools

    Don’t be afraid to with the technology.

  • Learn how AI actually works

    AI is , which leads to the potential problem of “garbage in, garbage out.”

  • Use AI tools to spark the imagination

    If students can turn to AI language models for quick and easy answers then there is

  • Understand cheating with AI tools

    without AI, the tools are just making it easier.

How can we future-proof the future?

Researchers across ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ are exploring how we can better understand artificial intelligence to ensure we can utilize its potential and avoid harm.


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Understanding how intelligence works

Working to advance the understanding of the nature of intelligence, the Kempner Institute is bringing researchers across disciplines like computational theory, AI and machine learning, neuroscience, and cognitive science together to develop next generation AI systems.

Learn more about the Kempner Institute