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Feb. 16, Robert Hunt, director of global theological education at the SMU Dallas Perkins School of Theology, for a commentary considering how artificial intelligence already is impacting our humanity. Published in The Hill under the heading As AI becomes more human-like, what will happen to humanity? https://tinyurl.com/yxx3dyya

It’s looking increasingly likely that 2025 will be the year “My people will talk to your people” becomes “My AI will talk to your AI.” Are you ready?

OpenAI recently introduced an artificial intelligence model that emulates human-like reasoning about complex problems. It even shows the steps in its reasoning, so that humans (or other AIs) can check its work.

This advance was quickly emulated by other AI developers. What then followed was “agentic AI,” where AI agents can be given a complex goal, use their new reasoning power to work out the complex steps necessary to achieve that goal, and then, if given control of a computer, do what is necessary to achieve the goal.

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Aug. 1, Jared Schroeder, associate professor of Journalism specializing in Free Press/Free Speech at SMU Dallas, for a piece warning about the lack of progress curbing disinformation on Big Tech social media and internet platforms. Published in the Orange County Register and Southern California News Group affiliates. https://bit.ly/30iWUO6

Emmy nominations came out this past week. It’s a shame the performances of our elected officials and tech barons in Washington were not considered.

President Trump, as well as Senate and House committees, turned their attention to internet regulation, creating a spectacle that was mostly misguided and incapable of resolving any actual concerns about the growing power of big-tech firms raise in our democracy.

Trump announced he was taking on regulating social media again. As is often the case, he has recognized a legitimate concern, but seems only capable of making it worse. . .

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