Boone Sunrise Rotary Invites the Public to a Free Viewing of the Film Colossus: The Forbin Project at the Appalachian Theater
Boone, NC, — Part One of a Two-Part series will examine a growing public curiosity and concern about artificial intelligence and offer the community an opportunity to use examples from science fiction and modern technology to explore how imagined ideas often become reality. Every day, the acronym AI can be found in media publications, on television and in private conversations. Most people know it refers to Artificial Intelligence and generally only deal with it in the context of how they use it, many commonly using platforms like Chat GPT or Claude to help with day-to-day tasks, writing projects or research. We also hear stories about how AI has entered everyday life events or how AI helps medical diagnostics and worry about whether AI may or may not take over certain jobs now held by human workers. We also recognize that AI can very convincingly dispense information or advice that is untrue or even illegal. Even so, how many of us really understand what AI is, how it works, and what dangers may accompany the benefits that can exist? The complexities and possibilities of AI are both fascinating and alarming. Sometimes the best way to motivate ourselves to think about complex …
