Explores the current era in AI technology and the debate about how this emerging technology is changing, and potentially threatening, many familiar parts of human life.

1. What AI Is and What AI Isn't. AI Basics -- Jaron Lanier Wants You to Stop Saying AI / Rachel Leven, Berkeley News, September 21, 2023 -- The History of Artificial Intelligence: Complete AI Timeline / Ron Karjian, TechTarget, August 16, 2023 -- Not Everything We Call AI Is Actually "Artificial Intelligence": Here's What You Need to Know / George Siemens, The Conversation, December 21, 2022 -- What the History of AI Tells Us About Its Future / Clive Thompson, MIT Technology Review, February 18, 2022 -- What Is Generative AI? / Kim Martineau, IBM Research, April 20, 2023 -- The Secret Ingredient of ChatGPT Is Human Advice / Cade Metz, The New York Times, September 25, 2023 – 2. Tech with Many Uses. AI in Medicine, Business, and the Military -- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning / US Department of Energy, 2024 -- AI-Descartes: A Framework for Automated Scientific Discovery / IBM Research, April 17, 2023 -- Our History / U.S. Cyber Command, 2024 -- The Military's Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence / Sarah Scoles, Undark, November 29, 2023 -- AI Will Transform the Global Economy: Let's Make Sure It Benefits Humanity / Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Blog, January 14, 2024 -- AI Could (Literally) Preserve Our Culture / Derek Robertson, Politico, February 8, 2024 – 3. Knowing What's Real: Controversies in AI. Deepfakes and Hallucinations -- Bias in AI Is Real: But It Doesn't Have to Exist / Mohar Chatterjee, Politico, July 14, 2023 -- As AI Spreads, Experts Predict the Best and Worst Changes in Digital Life by 2035 / Janna Anderson and Lee Raine, Pew Research Center, June 21, 2023 -- When Artificial Intelligence Goes Wrong / Bob Gourley, OODA Loop, May 28, 2023 -- ChatGPT Is Going to Change Education, Not Destroy It / Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review, April 6, 2023 -- Deepfake Technology Can Be Weaponized to Cause Harm / Nancy Mace, US House of Representatives, November 8, 2023 -- X Blocks Taylor Swift Searches: What to Know About the Viral AI Deepfakes / Areesha Lodhi, Al Jazeera, January 29, 2024 -- Musk, Other Tech Experts Urge Halt to Further AI Developments / Al Jazeera, March 29, 2023 -- Elon Musk Wants to Pause "Dangerous" A.I. Development: Bill Gates Disagrees—and He's Not the Only One / Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, April 6, 2023 – 4. Intellectual Property and Artistic Integrity. AI Copyright and Legislation -- A New Tool Helps Artists Thwart AI—With a Middle Finger / Kate Knibbs, Wired, October 12, 2023 -- Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem / Gil Appel, Juliana Neelbauer, and David A. Schweidel, Harvard Business Review, April 7, 2023 -- Intellectual Property Legal Issues Impacting Artificial Intelligence / Edward D. Lanquist and Dominic Rota, Baker Donelson, April 11, 2023 -- The White House and Big Tech Companies Release Commitments on Managing AI / Deepa Shivaram, NPR, July 21, 2023 -- How 2024 Presidential Candidates Are Using AI Inside Their Election Campaigns / Rachel Curry, CNBC, December 17, 2023 -- Misunderstood Mechanics: How AI, TikTok, and the Liar's Dividend Might Affect the 2024 Elections / Zeve Sanderson, Solomon Messing, and Joshua A. Tucker, Brookings, January 2, 2024 -- Fact Sheet: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence / The White House, October 30, 2023 -- Effective AI Regulation Requires Understanding General-Purpose AI / Aylin Caliskan and Kristian Lum, Brookings, January 29, 2024 – 5. Artificial Futures. What's Coming Next in AI -- 10 Top AI and Machine Learning Trends for 2024 / Lev Craig, TechTarget, January 4, 2024 -- You Thought 2023 Was a Big Year for AI? Buckle Up / Adam Clark Estes, Vox, January 4, 2024 -- What's Next for AI in 2024 / Melissa Heikkilä and Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review, January 4, 2024 -- The World Isn't Ready for the Next Decade of AI / Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode, Wired, August 16, 2023 -- Is AI Coming for Our Kids? Why the Latest Wave of Pop-Cultural Tech Anxiety Should Come as No Surprise / Lisa M. Given, Jessica Balanzategui, and Sarah Polkinghorne, The Conversation, September 6, 2023 -- Artificial Intelligence Doesn't "Get" Memes: Here's Why That Could Save Us from the Singularity / Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, January 29, 2024 – Bibliography – Websites.