Recent concerns about the long-term implications of artificial intelligence apps like Chat GPT have prompted journalists, academics, and entrepreneurs to seek a temporary halt to the training of AIs saying “AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity.” In this Forum, we consider the direct and also unseen impacts of utilizing a tool that has yet to be regulated or even fully understood.

Gary Marcus, scientist, entrepreneur, and author of Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU and hosts the podcast Humans versus Machines. Jane Rosenzweig is the Director of the Harvard Writing Center, a freelance writer, and the author of the Writing Hacks newsletter. Wesley Wildman is a Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics + Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University. Andrew Kimble, Director of Online Lifelong Learning at BU School of Theology, will act as moderator.