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The Student News Site of Trinity University

Trinitonian

Is AI a helpful assistant or power-hungry machine?

Is AI a helpful assistant or power-hungry machine?

Adom Richards, Opinion Columnist November 21, 2024

AI is on every corner of the internet, whether we like it or not. Website chatbots are now equipped with ChatGPT; AI-generated images are everywhere; our emails and search results are filled with suggestions....

Trinitonian editor v.s. Chat GPT: Who did it better?

Trinitonian editor v.s. Chat GPT: Who did it better?

Using AI to do your work might render your actual intelligence artificial
Diya Contractor, Opinion Editor September 5, 2024

Long long ago, when dinosaurs and some of our current presidential candidates roamed the earth, people used to wait for a modem to start up to use the internet. Now some of my classmates rely on AI to...

Can tech companies stop ruining AI for everyone?

Can tech companies stop ruining AI for everyone?

Colin Houston, Opinion Columnist March 7, 2024

Nearly a year and a half ago, I wrote an article about the dangers of and ethical concerns posed by the surge in popularity of art generated by artificial intelligence (AI). In it, I called for more regulation...

Adapting to AI: The effect on Trinity classrooms

Adapting to AI: The effect on Trinity classrooms

Professors alter policies and create curricula to include AI usage in class
Monica Martinez, News Reporter January 25, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) advances, so do learning opportunities. Students now have three classes where they can learn about AI, an increase from just one in 2022. Accessible forms of AI took to...

Oh, the humanity! Can creativity in AI actually exist?

Oh, the humanity! Can creativity in AI actually exist?

Do we really know the effect artificial intelligence has on human creativity?
Aubrey Jackson, Arts & Entertainment Reporter September 21, 2023

Pedro Ordoñez Acosta, senior finance and art double-major, is a painter. Acosta uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs, such as DaVinci and DALL∙E 2, as a part of his creative process....

Opinion: The future filled with AI’s work

Opinion: The future filled with AI’s work

A look into the ethics of the artwork and deepfakes being created online, thanks to AI
Parker Parent, Arts & Entertainment Reporter April 13, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new technology that has rapidly advanced in recent years. While ChatGPT, an AI program that writes text based on prompts inputted by the user, has been foregrounded in...

ChatGPT redefines the future of knowledge

ChatGPT redefines the future of knowledge

Trinity professors discuss how artificial intelligence will impact education and more in coming years
Samara Gerstle, News Reporter February 2, 2023

In November 2022, the artificial intelligence company OpenAI released “Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer” (ChatGPT), an intelligent chatbot, as part of the GPT-3 AI models. AI programs at Trinity...