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Recently, I had the privilege to speak on a panel of technical experts at the Illinois Innovation Network Conference at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Our panel was asked one question:   From your perspective, whether it is human-centered AI concerns, workforce development, ethical decision making, environmental consciousness, or social justice concerns, what practical guidance and […]

Something wasn’t right. I stood outside in my parents’ backyard in the southwest suburbs of Houston, Texas, and sniffed the air again. The smell of rotten eggs overwhelmed me. It had wafted over in the atmosphere, and that likely meant it was a sulfur-based compound that leaked from a chemical process. When I walked back