We cannot sit back to AI

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics

We cannot sit back to AI, says professor Meghan Sullivan.

“This debate is moving lightning fast, and one of the ways that you lose your seat at the table is by holding back, by being too tentative, by watching and waiting. Your generation cannot afford to do that. None of us can.”

Professor Meghan Sullivan, the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame, emphasizes the importance of actively engaging with the rapid development of artificial intelligence.

As the director of the University-wide Ethics Initiative and the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, Sullivan focuses on the complex ethical questions surrounding AI.

Author's summary: Professor Sullivan discusses AI ethics.

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The Observer The Observer — 2025-10-29