Vol. 4 Issue 2: Intelligence AI Special
Not long ago, artificial intelligence lived mostly as a figment of our imagination—something you’d find in a science fiction comic book. Now it drafts our emails, curates our playlists, and, if we’re being completely honest, finishes our homework assignments. AI has quietly slipped into almost every aspect of our lives, whether we choose to admit it or not.
Nevertheless, every shortcut comes with a cost. If an AI can write, paint, and reason, what is left that makes us uniquely human? Are we building tools that make us sharper or stop our thinking altogether? And when AI eventually perfects the human voice, how will we ever know the difference?
Artwork by Jimin Sohn
A Society of Underdeveloped Minds: An Optimistic Defense of the Confused Learner
Students today are learning to think critically in a world of AI. As schools tighten restrictions to prevent cheating, the resulting atmosphere of distrust risks discouraging the very curiosity that education is meant to foster.
A Drunk Assistant: Does AI Have a Place in Mathematics?
AI can now disprove decades-old conjectures and offer a claimed solution for a $1 million math problem. But in mathematician Terence Tao’s terms, it is still a knowledgeable and slightly drunk assistant. The danger lies not in what AI can do but treating its results like an oracle.
