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8/23/2025

Topic Reading-Vol.4869-8/23/2025

Dear MEL Topic Readers, 
What is AI, how does it work and why are some people concerned about it?
AI can create new content, including text, images, and videos, write code, or hold text conversations with users by learning from vast quantities of existing data. AI is also used for voice-controlled virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, and recommending features in social platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or Facebook. In addition, generative AI can produce music and artwork. In the meantime, while AI improves productivity, it has eliminated thousands of human jobs. Also, critics are concerned about AI reproducing biased information, discriminating against certain social groups, and creating biases when it learn information from inaccurate or inappropriate sources. Indeed, AI is so convenient and helpful that students and workers often use it inattentively or unconsciously in schools and workplaces, creating irresponsible outputs. In addition to generative AI, agentic AI is on the horizon, which autonomously takes actions, makes decisions, and adapts to new situations once specific goals are given. In order to provide AI services and solutions, a lot of new data centers are being built, and more are being planned. They house thousands of racks of computer servers that require an enormous amount of electricity to run and water to keep them cool. Another human-caused pressure on the environment. Does AI provide solutions to its own problems?
Read the article and learn about what and how AI works

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