Future Focus | 10/22 | Your Weekly Guide to What's Now and Next with AI

In this episode we discuss the rise of Agentic AI. AI's that move beyond chatbots to AI's that can do things, see things, and as HeyGen say act like you, sound like you, and think like you. We contrast this with the latest lawsuit against Hingham High School where two parents are suing a teacher and others in the district for harming their child's college admissions process by punishing his use of AI. We zoom out and talk about the implications of emerging technologies and what happens when we don't create clarity and confidence in our communities about how to make decisions moving forward. Links to Articles HeyGen Announcement AI Court Case at Hingham High School Implication Wheel Activity Prompt Try this prompt with ChatGPT I want to explore the potential consequences of a topic using an implication wheel. Please do the following: Start with my given topic. Generate a first-level implication (a direct consequence). From the first-level implication, generate a second-level implication (a consequence of that consequence). Continue in this manner to explore third-level implications and beyond. Here is the topic I want to explore: [Your Topic Here] Let's go step-by-step. Please give me the first implication. Let us know what topics you'd like us to cover next.