As Texas has become the Wild West for data centers, Texas Standard is exploring what all that infrastructure is fueling by digging into the possibilities and anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence.
We'll explore the life-changing promises AI offers people with disabilities, and we'll weigh that against overwhelming privacy concerns. We'll take you into a robotics lab where researchers are still falling short of replicating the human body. And we'll ask whether artificial intelligence is — or could be — conscious.
AI development is moving quickly, and the outlook will be different tomorrow than it is right now.
The New Wild West: Texans on the AI Frontier aims to capture an important moment in Texas — and human — history when we're grappling with how to responsibly use technology with untold possibilities while still prioritizing people.
- What happens after you ask ChatGPT a question?
A simple request sets off a lot of work you never see. Follow a prompt through the chips, tokens and power behind the answer. - Many dabble in AI. Some test its possibilities
AI is showing up in everyday life, and a lot of folks embrace its help. Some Texas researchers are developing new models capable of learning from its own mistakes. - The privacy nightmare that's also a lifeline
AI smart glasses are controversial enough to get banned in courtrooms. For blind people, they offer independence — and raise hard questions about bias, data and trust. - Could the rise of AI mean the end of humans? It's not science fiction, some experts say
Researchers have warned that super intelligent models could doom humans. Many who study AI say the time to impose stronger regulations on the companies designing them is now. - Moving forward, responsibly, with a conscious creation?
Do we want AI to be very useful or very safe? Experts say it's a trade-off. They also say shutting down all AI may not be an option at this point.
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