From Alexa to Uber, music to medicine, and drones to driverless cars, technology plays a huge part of our daily lives. Rochester researchers are tapping into the potential—and ethics—of it all and how virtual reality, artificial intelligence, data science, and more can transform everything from education to health care to entertainment. What does this all mean for being human? This is just one of the questions we asked our esteemed panel.

Arthur Miller ’56, ’08 (HNR)
University Professor, NYU Law School

Ray Dorsey
Director, Center for Health and Technology

Ehsan Hoque
Interim Director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science

Joan Saab
Susan B. Anthony Professor of Art History

Every day, Rochester luminaries and thinkers are questioning the world as we know it in the relentless quest to improve humankind.

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