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O
ne thing about artificial intelligence (AI) is
clear: it's here to stay. But does embracing
this technology have us headed toward progress
or pitfalls - or both?
While AI has existed since the 1950s, the recent surge
of generative AI - a subset of the tech that can create
stories, essays, images, audio, video and more by learning
from existing content - and the ability to interact
with it using natural language, as if it were a friend or
colleague, has thrust AI into the limelight.
Joe Pitti, deputy director of health and community
services for Town of Easton (Massachusetts) Community
and Engagement Programming, says originally, he
thought AI would only affect people in certain fields,
such as technology or higher education. However, after
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The images featured above were
created using generative AI, yet are
almost indistinguishable from a
photograph.

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