About the series

Artificial Intelligence — “AI” — is rapidly expanding its presence and utility. Still in its infancy, the technology has already presented humanity with remarkable advances, but is also raising profound questions about what seem to be enormous implications for the technology’s impact on jobs and potential harms to children. Increased electricity prices due to energy consumption by data centers that power AI software are becoming a major political issue for lawmakers in both parties. Pew Research Center found in a June survey that 50 percent of Americans are more concerned than excited about increased use of AI in daily life. In this series hosted by clinical psychologist, Dr. Art Shechet, we explore everything from the basics —  What is AI? What does it do? How is it made? How is it evolving? — to its impact on the economy and jobs, on learning, art, philosophies, social life, and the myriad ways these non-human reasoning systems are influencing societies and humanity itself.