Organizers Share Takeaways from AI Conference: ‘A Major Success’
Organizers Share Takeaways from AI Conference: ‘A Major Success’
https://news.scranton.edu/articles/2026/04/news-ai-ethics-conference.shtml
Publish Date: 2026-04-21 11:01:00
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The University of Scranton recently brought together more than 100 professionals from 18 U.S. states and overseas, discussing artificial intelligence and presenting topical research.
AI presents both significant promise and real challenges, engaging a wide range of perspectives that were covered at the University’s first AI-themed interdisciplinary conference, Confronting the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, held April 16-18.
Despite the countless points of view and interpretations about AI, however, common ground at the conference was found in the conscientious approach scholars have taken toward the technology and the unanimous agreement that it is here to stay.
“Our responsibility now is to determine how to live with it in ways that won’t diminish human lives and instead will promote the common good,” said George Aulisio, Ph.D., dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library. “I can think of no place more fitting than The University of Scranton to bring together scholars committed to exploring the ethical dimensions of a technology already shaping people’s lives.”
Dr. Aulisio was one of the event’s co-planners, along with Megan Heeder, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology and religious studies, and Daniel Marenda, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
