While artificial intelligence is disrupting industries, and even replacing humans in some areas, we still live in a world where artificial and human intelligence need each other. That’s the message that was driven home at the recent Triangle AI Summit, which brought together academic and industry leaders to delve into what a future with AI will look like.
“There’s no turning back. Students are using it. The world is using it,” Jun Yang, Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Computer Science at Duke, said. “We have to figure out ways to deal with it. We have to learn to move on, and envision a world where AI is an extension of human intelligence.”
The Triangle AI Summit, which drew approximately 450 in-person attendees and 160 more via livestream, was hosted by Provost Alec Gallimore at the Washington Duke Inn on May 30. Organized by Duke Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education (LILE), Duke Libraries, Duke Community Affairs and Duke School of Nursing, the summit aimed to deepen engagement with AI and develop leadership to contend with its potential and risks.
