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Lecture: Understanding AI 
Advances & AI Hype

headshot of Sayash Kapoor

Join Sayash Kapoor for a lecture about the societal impact of artificial intelligence. Kapoor will discuss the opportunities and challenges of generative AI, its real-world applications, and its limitations in shaping the future.

Recognized by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in AI, Kapoor co-authored “AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference.” Kapoor is a doctoral candidate in computer science at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy.

Organized by the economics department at Loyola’s Sellinger School of Business, and hosted by Dr. Andrew Samuel.