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The hidden costs of AI: Impending energy and resource strain
Industrial landscape with electric power lines, hydroelectric dam and metallurgical plants with smoke in the sky.

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) models like ChatGPT have seen notable improvements, with some people concerned about the societal impacts these new technologies may bring including looming concerns related to increasing energy and raw materials demands.

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    • The hidden costs of AI: Impending energy and resource strain

    AI models like ChatGPT have seen notable improvements, but some people are concerned about the societal impacts these new technologies may bring. Deep Jariwala and Benjamin C. Lee discuss energy and resource problems with AI computing.
    New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship
    An illustration whose background is the Constitution. The words "We the people" are visible in the background, and the words "13th Amendment," "14th Amendment," and "15th Amendment" are visible in the foreground.

    A still from the new documentary “Juneteenth” from Annenberg Classroom.

    (Image: Annenberg Public Policy Center)

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    • New Juneteenth documentary explores notions of freedom and citizenship

    An exclusive Penn screening of the film produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), plus a conversation with activist Opal Lee and Penn’s Mary Frances Berry, moderated by APPC’s Director of Outreach and Curriculum Andrea (Ang) Reidell, takes place on Feb. 28. Registration with a Penn email is required.

    Michele W. Berger

    A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry
    resident Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act in Washington. Surrounding the president, from left: Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League.

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    • A look at the history of affirmative action with Mary Frances Berry

    The Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history emerita shares the origins of the term, discusses the practice’s early champions and highlights the ensuing controversies.

    Kristen de Groot

    Why COVID misinformation continues to spread
    A silhouette of a person in black on a red background. The person is holding a phone that reads "COVID-19" and the back of the head is open, with many different symbols flowing out, including a globe, a hospital, a needle, a vial, a mask, the dollar sign, and a TV screen that reads "Fake News."

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    • Why COVID misinformation continues to spread

    Penn Medicine’s Anish Agarwal discusses why false claims about the virus and vaccines arise and persist, plus what he hopes will come from NIH-funded research he and Penn Engineering’s Sharath Chandra Guntuku have recently begun.

    Michele W. Berger

    The psychology of playing the fool
    Left, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan; right, cover of the book Fool Proof.

    Tess Wilkinson-Ryan is a professor of law and psychology at Penn Carey Law.

    (Images: Courtesy of Penn Law (left) and Harper Wave)

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    • The psychology of playing the fool

    Law professor Tess Wilkinson-Ryan’s new book “Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Ourselves and the Social Order―and What We Can Do About It” explores the psychology of fools, dupes, cons, and morality.
    What is the future of Social Security?
    A social security card.

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    • What is the future of Social Security?

    As Social Security continues to march toward insolvency, Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School discusses current policy debates and the role of financial literacy in achieving reform.
    The case for affirmative action with professor Cara McClellan
    Affirmative action advocates rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court, holding signs that read "defend diversity, affirm opportunity" as justices heard oral arguments on two cases on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions.

    Affirmative action advocates rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices heard oral arguments on two cases on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions on Oct. 31, 2022. (Image: Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via AP Images)

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    • The case for affirmative action with professor Cara McClellan

    The Penn Carey Law professor and founding director of the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic shares how affirmative action benefits institutions and how the diversity it brings helps colleges and universities fulfill their educational missions.

    Kristen de Groot

    Matthew Levendusky and Kathleen Hall Jamieson on democracy amid crises
    The U.S. Capitol is seen reflected in a puddle in Washington, just before sunrise, on Jan. 6, 2022, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

    The U.S. Capitol reflected in a puddle in Washington, D.C. just before sunrise on Jan. 6, 2022, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Image: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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    • Matthew Levendusky and Kathleen Hall Jamieson on democracy amid crises

    A new book by a team of scholars—including Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson—analyzes the crises surrounding the 2020 election and its aftermath.

    Kristen de Groot

    Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter Struck discuss 2,800 years of ideas through history
    Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter Struck.

    Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, and Peter Struck, professor of classical studies. (Images: Winky Lewis; Lisa J. Godfrey)

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    • Sophia Rosenfeld and Peter Struck discuss 2,800 years of ideas through history

    The Penn Arts & Sciences professors discuss editing their new book series, “A Cultural History of Ideas.”

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