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Cynthia Rudin

Cynthia Rudin is a Duke computer scientist and engineering professor who has studied AI for many years and, with the rise of ChatGPT and other AI-fueled tools, has become a prominent voice warning of the dangers of unregulated technologies.

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Shaundra Daily

The Cue Family Professor of the Practice of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science is also the Education and Workforce Director for the Athena AI Institute.

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Gary Bennett

The phrase “Bleed Duke Blue” is often cliché. But not when you’re talking about Gary Bennett. Consider: He earned a graduate degree in clinical

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Tracy Futhey

Imagine a world with no smartphones, no YouTube, no Facebook and no AI. That was the technology landscape Tracy Futhey arrived in when she assumed the

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Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda believes in the power of community. The daughter of Cubans who emigrated to the United States in the 70s, Gonzalez-Guarda was born in Miami, where Cubans were part of the majority.

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