Artificial Intelligence and the Great Divergence
Impact Score: 2.2
Timeline: N/A: No specific timelines or deadlines
Summary: This analysis compares AI’s transformative potential to the Industrial Revolution, assessing its impact on GDP growth, labor markets, and U.S. strategic positioning under President Trump’s initiatives. It highlights risks including workforce shifts, technological obsolescence, economic disparity, and ethical challenges. Vanderbilt University faces impacts across its engineering, business, data science, and ethics programs, with opportunities in research partnerships, federal funding, and AI-driven student career preparation.
Key Actions: Strengthen AI research at Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute, engage policymakers on AI policy, expand AI-focused curricula and career programs, and foster AI industry and international collaborations.
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