Sophia Baltodano | Staff Writer As artificial intelligence continues to grow, a proposed data center just 15 minutes from FIU is raising questions about environmental and community impacts, while Florida’s SB 484, signed May 7 by Gov. Ron DeSantis, now requires large data centers to pay for their own electricity costs instead of passing them […]
By Lea Abito | Staff Writer After four years of dreaded 8 a.m. classes and stressful all-nighters, you walk across the stage expecting the doors to your future to fully open. Instead, you get handed a piece of paper. And in four more years, it’ll likely be hanging on a wall gathering dust. The value […]
Staff Writer| Alexandra Perez In today’s world, all roads lead back to AI. And while that might make sense in a rapidly evolving era, it has also made something else exponentially clear. Every conversation about college somehow ends the same way: AI. It really doesn’t even matter where the dialogue starts… learning, cheating, the future- […]
Kendall Moffett | Staff Writer Students are not being prepared enough to enter a growing AI-driven job market, leaving many of us to navigate its use and ethical implications on our own. A recent Gallup study evaluating how public universities prepare students for artificial intelligence in the workforce confirms what many of us are already […]
Contributing Writer | Joshua Aarons As we’re all aware, the use of artificial intelligence in academic settings has skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT in 2022. Professors and administrators alike have been tasked with figuring out whether to incorporate this newly accessible technology and how. It’s safe to say that the responses have been mixed. […]
If you were to do a quick search for “AI art” and “FIU” together, you’d very easily find the Division of Information and Technologies website, which declares in its banner, “Embracing an AI University.” Another page offered by the university’s library allows one to search for resources, research guides, and various tools for the creation […]
Sonia Stolar | Contributing Writer The normalized presence of artificial intelligence in classrooms should be questioned and debated, instead of welcome with open arms. Chat bots, such as Chat GPT and CoPilot, crept into the education system with sonic speed, completely changing academics irreversibly. I used to be skeptical of AI from the very start. […]
Kendall Moffett | Staff Writer Artificial intelligence can be seen as a valuable tool for understanding and solving complex problems, increasing the use of AI in direct academics presents a number of problems. It’s far beyond software; it affects our environment, brains and our wallets. Many students and professors at Florida International University are considering […]
Heidi Cuevas | Staff Writer In a time where Artificial Intelligence is quickly integrating into the way we communicate, the ninth national conference of the Kopenhaver Center tackles uncertainties, inspires, and guides the communicators of today to be ready for tomorrow. The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication hosted a […]
Heidi Cuevas | Staff Writer The misconceptions that the arts and humanities are “useless” degrees have been disproven over the years, but the fight for their value to be seen all year round, not just for a month, continues. Choosing to major in the arts or humanities—especially during a time of artificial intelligence— means many […]
Kendall Moffett | Contributing Writer Competition in the job market is nothing new. However, it’s different and infuriating when students find themselves not only competing with each other, but also with artificial intelligence. The educational shift to adapting to AI has led Florida International University to intertwine AI into educational instruction as a way to […]
