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POV: AI as Plastic: Useful, Cheap, Fragile

in CDS News, Views & Voices

In this BU CDS Views & Voices POV, Kevin Gold, Associate Professor of the Practice, shares his thoughts on AI and its connection to plastics: useful, cheap and fragile.

Tagged: AI, news, Point of View

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