We surround ourselves with a lot of life-like artificial intelligence, or AI. One new form of AI that’s making headlines is ChatGPT, which can hold advanced, human-like conversations with anyone with a keyboard. It’s a brave new world… or is it? We tend to think of this AI technology as a new, modern phenomenon, but there’s a history to how we confront new technologies.

Host: Andrew J. Falk

Guest: James Allison, III

Past is Prologue is a history podcast that provides the public with the background behind the day's headlines, and offers much-needed context to understand the significance of current events that people observe around them. It seeks to contribute to the public conversation in an engaging, informative, accessible, and constructive way. It's produced by the Department of History in the College of Arts & Humanities at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. We welcome your inquiries and feedback at [email protected].