“I’m also curious if Amazon plans dual-use capabilities where government/defense will be a major client. This may result in the targeting of Kuiper like that of Starlink in Ukraine,” says Gregory Falco, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Sherri Kimes, professor of service operations management, and Alex Susskind, professor of food and beverage management, talk about utilizing robots in the wake of labor shortages.
George Hay, professor of law, notes that Amazon has an advantage in this antitrust suit filed by the government, “Amazon has had years—at least since Lina Khan came to the F.T.C.—to think about this lawsuit and how they’re going to defend against it.”
Megan Greischar, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, says, “Vaccines will not, on their own, meet the goal of malaria elimination, except perhaps in places like the US where transmission is already rare.”
Ben Furnas, executive director of the 2030 Project, notes that there are strategies to direct the excess flood water away from sewer systems and waterways.
Details of a report out of the Center for Teaching and Learning that suggests instructors adopt one of three policies regarding AI use in the classroom—prohibit, allow with attribution, or encourage generative AI use.
Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication, notes that influencers and creators “recount feelings of angst about stepping away—even for a short time. Experiences of burnout and exhaustion are rife among creators and streamers.”
Courtney Murdock, associate professor of entomology, says, “There are some temperatures that you experience that are too cold, and some temperatures that are too bloody hot. And there’s the temperature that you’d like to hang out at, usually around 75°[F]. It’s kind of the same thing for mosquitoes and for the parasites that they transmit.”