Artificial Intelligence

Recent Work

In light of recent and dramatic growth of artificial intelligence, and the proliferation of questions about its applications, the Academy has dedicated attention to the creative, economic, ethical, legal, and technological implications of AI. The Academy convenes experts, issues publications, and hosts events to illuminate the issues.

Discussion at the Intersection of AI and Mental Health

The Academy hosted an online event in December 2025 about Mental Health and AI as part of the release of the new publication on challenges, and opportunities with AI and mental health. There was a welcome by Academy President Laurie Patton; introductory remarks from Alan Leshner; a conversation moderated by Sanjay Gupta, featuring Paul Dagum, Kacie Kelly, and Arthur Kleinman; and concluding thoughts from Sherry Glied.

A Series of Events about AI

The Academy has been hosting and contributing to events that highlight the perils and promise of artificial intelligence. Topics covered at these events, and written about below, include the essence of creativity, the future of care, and questions of legality.

Issue of Dædalus

The Spring 2022 issue of Dædalus, the journal of the Academy, was edited by James Manyika. The volume explores the many facets of artificial intelligence: its technology, its potential futures, its effects on labor and the economy, its relationship with inequalities, its role in law and governance, its challenges to national security, and what it says about us as humans.

Read the Issue

In the year ahead, additional issues of Dædalus will focus on AI; there will be an issue dedicated to AI & Science, and an issue dedicated to AI & Fiction. Both issues will be available online.
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