There are significant ethical risks that come along with every emerging technology, and generative AI is no exception.
Join us for a special conversation with professors Jonathan Beever and Laurie Pinkert, outlining the basic functions of these tools and helping you weigh the potential risks with the potential benefits, as well as implications of this technology for everyday individuals.
Jonathan Beever, PhD is an alumnus of the University of Maine (B.A. in Philosophy ’03). He is currently a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida where he teaches courses in digital ethics. He is funded by the National Science Foundation for research around emerging technologies and ethical decision-making, and has published widely of ethics of emerging technologies including AI. As a citizen and parent, he thinks about how market and social forces shape decisions that influence our future generations, both interpersonally and environmentally.
Laurie A. Pinkert, PhD is an alumna of the University of Maine (M.A.in English ’08). She is currently an Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida where she teaches courses in AI Literacies. She has consulted on the development of AI policies; has been hired by AI-coauthoring platforms to study the impacts of these tools on productivity, quality, and personal development; and has published on the linguistic limitations of AI-powered chatbots. These days, she finds herself thinking a lot about the ways AI will shape the communication demands of tomorrow and how we can help our communities and our kids develop the literacy skills that we will need to thrive in
the future.