{"id":436521,"date":"2026-09-15T10:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436521\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:52:14","slug":"ai-for-haters-focus-on-good-the-daily-texan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436521\/","title":{"rendered":"AI for haters: focus on good \u2013 The Daily Texan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AI<\/a> <\/p>\n

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei released an essay<\/a> on Saturday calling for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As an AI hater, I celebrated and paused. My resistance to AI had been validated.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Resisting AI<\/a> is valid. From its proven negative environmental impact<\/a> to concerning detriment to our critical thinking skills<\/a>,<\/a> AI causes a lot of anxiety and uncertainty. Nevertheless, AI is here to stay whether we like it or not. Amodei didn\u2019t call for an AI shutdown; he\u2019s asking to reevaluate how leaders use it. As citizens, we should do our part. Instead of resisting, do your research: it\u2019s up to us to make use of this time and educate ourselves on how AI can be used for good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every person should be AI literate. However, anxiety<\/a> about AI is scaring<\/a> people away from learning about it. Most adults don\u2019t understand how often they use AI. A survey <\/a>revealed that 79% of AI experts believed adults interact with AI several times a day, while only 27% of U.S. adults believed so. This lack of awareness about how we use AI day-to-day is dangerous.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that we have an informed and critical consumer base, that we\u2019re thinking about the technology adoption decisions that we\u2019re making and making informed choices that benefit ourselves, our families, our communities (and) society as a whole,\u201d said Ken Fleischmann \u2014 department chair, professor of information and founding chair of Good Systems, Ethical AI UT Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Understanding AI\u2019s benefit to society keeps us informed and boosts motivation for positive innovation. Even if you hate AI, recognize the counterargument and keep an open mind. Innovation will still happen regardless of whether or not the public supports AI\u2019s growing prevalence in society. Accepting AI\u2019s benefits along with ethical AI practices<\/a> might be the answer to apprehension toward AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AI facilitates workplace productivity<\/a>, innovation in healthcare<\/a> and personalized learning<\/a>. At UT, the Good Systems<\/a> program supports six research projects working to implement ethical AI technological research to improve society. The Smart Hand Tools<\/a> project, led by Fleischmann, uses AI to increase the safety of trades work training.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re specifically focusing on leveraging AI to empower skilled trade workers, and making sure that AI is used in ways that can benefit workers rather than displacing them,\u201d Fleischmann said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The costs of AI make it difficult to justify the benefits, most commonly<\/a> environmental consequences.\u00a0 However, there are efforts working to curb those consequences and improve data centers\u2019 energy efficiency<\/a> and sustainability.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brian Korgel \u2014 Rashid Engineering Regents Chair, chemical engineering professor and director of the Energy Institute \u2014 leads the Large Load Symposium<\/a> at UT. This project brings together industry professionals and energy scholars to discuss the rapid growth of data centers and craft solutions to prevent large-load data centers from straining the power grid.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our biggest challenge right now is people destroying people,\u201d Korgel said. \u201cCan AI do damage? Yeah, you can have AI tools try to hack into infrastructure and it\u2019s happening. AI can be used as a weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

A world of good AI is possible. It is our responsibility to learn how to use AI ethically and promote positive AI innovation over unethical practices. The future of AI is uncertain and scary, but Amodei\u2019s call is the perfect opportunity for humans to take back control.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coppa is a journalism sophomore from Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei released an essay on Saturday calling for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development.\u00a0 As…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-436521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}