In this episode of The WPI Podcast, we explore why video, images, and other content generated by artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere on social media.

Rodica Neamtu, professor of teaching in the Department of Computer Science, explains how AI-generated content is easily produced and distributed and why it can be difficult to distinguish it from human-generated content. She discusses the societal challenges that emerge when people struggle to determine what’s real versus what’s fake, and she proposes strategies to navigate the fast-moving disruption caused by AI development.

Neamtu also shares how she works with WPI students to create AI tools to meet public needs and to consider the potential implications of technology they develop.

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