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    Tomorrow’s Needs: Computing and AI

    This is the third in a series of opinion pieces from leaders around campus on the role that Michigan Tech innovators will play to define the world’s emerging needs. From large mainframes to personal computers to the mobile devices of today, how we engage with computing has profoundly changed over the course of one generation. Each of those transitions represented a major inflection point in the ubiquity and centrality of computing — and now it’s happened again. ChatGPT signaled a whole new future, spurring artificial intelligence arms races between nations, companies and researchers. It isn’t hyperbole to say all aspects of society and industry will be impacted by advances in computing and AI. This is particularly true in prestige industries like health care, mobility, finance and entertainment, but also for less flashy areas like the trades, manufacturing and retail.

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