AI and Society

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  • What If We Don’t Use AI?
    by The M
    The danger is not in not using AI, but in ignoring AI. The risks of not using AI Organizations that went “all-in” are now seeing For the near-term Avoid It seems that AI is everywhere, and every organization is asking whether and how it should be using AI. Some companies have gone so far as… Read more: What If We Don’t Use AI?
  • AI’s Novelty and Societal Stresses
    by The M
    AI is novel. It’s a technology giving rise to a whole new set of tools and workflows that are revolutionizing a great many industries, and arguably society itself. The current brand of AI, which is based on neural networks, can tackle tasks that computer programs traditionally struggled with. It is also evolving at a tremendous… Read more: AI’s Novelty and Societal Stresses
  • Does AI make you stupid?
    by The M
    There is a study making the rounds and raising some concern about the use of AI chatbots. Headlines such as Cognitive scientists found using AI for just 10 minutes impairs brain performance raise a rather alarming concern that chatbots can cause harm. Indeed, in the study itself, the authors conclude: …we find that AI assistance… Read more: Does AI make you stupid?

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Cognitive scientists found using AI for just 10 minutes impairs brain performance

fastcompay.com ● Jude Cramer ● 3 min ● May 11, 2026

The podcast reveals that rapid turnover of Gen Z employees is driven by a fundamental mismatch between the generation’s values and what employers prioritize, a gap widened by AI displacing entry‑level roles.

Why Gen Z is getting fired after being hired

usatoday.com ● 14 min ● May 6, 2026

The podcast reveals that rapid turnover of Gen Z employees is driven by a fundamental mismatch between the generation’s values and what employers prioritize, a gap widened by AI displacing entry‑level roles.

Anthropic’s Economic Index Shows the AI Skills Gap Is Growing

builtin.com ● 9 min ● April 22, 2026

With the U.S. government struggling to compile data on how artificial intelligence has affected the workforce, Anthropic has taken matters into its own hands. The AI startup has released the fifth of its “Economic Index” reports, gathering data on 1 million user conversations from both its Claude web offering…

‘I’m not going to force you’: Duolingo CEO backs off from evaluating employees on their AI usage

fortune.com ● Jacqueline Munis Mon ● 2 min ● April 13, 2026

Nearly a year after announcing Duolingo would evaluate AI use in performance reviews, CEO Luis von Ahn said the company has let that metric go. 

The demise of software engineering jobs has been greatly exaggerated

cnn.com ● Nathaniel Meyersohn ● 5 min ● April 9, 2026

Computer science and engineering students at the University of Washington, spooked about AI, returned from spring break last week to a surprising email from the department head.

The Wired Belts Are the New Rust Belts | The Fletcher School at Tufts University

fletcher.tufts.edu ● 6 min ● March 31, 2026

Digital Planet, the research center at the forefront of researching the AI transformation at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, today released the American AI Jobs Risk Index.

AI Tools Support Personalized Learning in K–12 Education

edtechmagazine.com ● Chris Hayhurst ● 6 min ● March 24, 2026

Artificial intelligence in a K–12 setting? At the Jewish Leadership Academy in Florida, they’ve never known it any other way.

The Humanities: 5 Leadership Skills That Business Schools Don’t Teach

rollingstone.com ● Stephen Dillon ● 4 min ● March 22, 2026

We were told to hire for efficiency. For optimization. For scale. We were told to prize velocity over depth. Certifications over character. Confidence over contemplation. And yet the five most important skills I look for in a leader rarely come from a business background at all.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will replace your apps in near future

digitaltrends.com ● Rachit Agarwal ● 3 min ● March 19, 2026

Nothing CEO Carl Pei thinks the smartphone we use today is barely any different from the Palm Pilots and PDAs we used two decades ago. It’s the same lock screens, home screens, app stores, and full-screen apps experience.

AI has benefits, risks in child development, CHOP study finds

whyy.org ● 5 min ● March 17, 2026

Artificial intelligence could be used to improve learning, creativity and social interaction among kids and teens, early research shows.

AI film school trains next generation of Hollywood moviemakers

yahoo.com ● Dawn Chmielewski ● 6 min ● February 14, 2026

Laid-off and sidelined by last year’s production slowdown, Hollywood visual‑effects veteran Michael Eng discovered a gap in his resume while perusing job listings in Los Angeles — experience in machine learning.

2026: The Year AI Goes From ‘Magic Trick’ To ‘Utility’

tvnewscheck.com ● Jon Accarino ● 2 min ● December 19, 2025

If 2024 was the year of panic and 2025 the year of the pilot program, 2026 will be the year AI settles into its role as critical infrastructure. The novelty of generative text and video is fading. Now, the industry must focus on operational realities rather than theoretical disruptions.

Reborn as AI: My Son’s Story | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

www3.nhk.or.jp ● 6 min ● December 27, 2025

After an American high school student loses his life in a mass shooting, his parents use AI to create an avatar of him, both to speak out against gun violence and to help them recover from the trauma.

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.

wsj.com ● Joanna Stern ● 6 min ● December 22, 2025

Anthropic’s Claude ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI agents.