Tagged: AI

Yvette Pappoe of the University of the District of Columbia is the lead author of a new report that outlines how companies and policymakers can establish transparency and accountability in artificial intelligence algorithms used in housing, lending, and employment.

Introduced by U.S. Senators Tim Scott and Chris Coons, the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education (IGNITE) for HBCU Excellence Act would establish a competitive federal grant program to support modernization efforts and long-term infrastructure improvements at HBCUs throughout the country.

“I do not believe AI will replace people,” said Z.T. Deng, dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences at Alabama A&M University. “It will replace those who do not know how to use it.”

Six-in-ten Black and Hispanic teens say they use AI chatbots to get help with their schoolwork, compared to roughly half of their White peers. Nearly four-in-ten Black teens say AI chatbots are extremely or very helpful, and almost one-fifth say the technology helps with all or most of their homework.

“By ensuring HBCUs are full partners in our national AI research network, we are building a more equitable innovation economy and ensuring that the talent and excellence at our HBCUs help lead the future of artificial intelligence,” said U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee of North Carolina.

If we allow AI to grow and expand in influence, without regulation, it will only lead to an AI-based economy with workers losing their jobs to robots.