There’s been buzz around collegiate communities after Nathan Heller’s New Yorker article “The End of the English Major” wiggled its way across social media and into email inboxes. Heller discusses the fall of humanities enrollment that has been affecting the U.S. nationwide.
One of the recurring culprits in regard to the English major’s demise is AI. This is under the assumption that tools like ChatGPT will “take over” with its quick essay quips. However, this isn’t really the case.
Gun violence is incredibly prevalent in the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive, as of early May, there have been over 200 mass shootings in the U.S. this year. The casualties that occur from gun violence are heartbreaking for friends, family, and even strangers. With AI technology, there is hope that one day we can decrease the amount of casualties that occur from gun violence.
Taste is a mysterious sensation that humans experience. We perceive a wide range of tastes, ranging from the sweetness of strawberry shortcake to the bitterness of black coffee.
It’s well-known that taste buds play a part in the flavor party, but there’s much more to it than what’s on the tip of our tongue. The taste buds send signals to our brain, activating the neurons in our gustatory cortex: the part of our brain associated with perception of taste. Neuroscientists at Stony Brook University are working to increase our understanding of taste and the gustatory cortex.
When we think of aircraft, we typically think of them as planes that are manually controlled by human pilots, but unmanned drones are already in the sky. The day is coming where we may have autonomous aircraft flying us all over the world… but are you ready to fly on a plane with only a computer as the pilot on board? Would you trust it not to collide with other planes?
Part nine of our AI Researcher Profile series invites Professor Jeffrey Heinz of the Department of Linguistics and Institute of Advanced Computational Science to discuss his research interest and knowledge surrounding linguistics and its role in artificial intelligence.
AI Institute: What piqued your interest in the fusion between linguistics and artificial intelligence?
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