“All options should be on the table, but there are significant ethical concerns with initiating medication for addiction that might not be there for long term,” said Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston. 

According to a recent Northeastern University journal article titled “Explaining women’s skepticism toward artificial intelligence: The role of risk orientation and risk exposure,” women are more skeptical of AI than men.

“This is the kind of dynamic that leads to a medical arms race,” said Gary J. Young, a professor of strategic management and health care systems at Northeastern University. “Each one is competing furiously to cement their position as a leading cancer center. That will require big investment.”

Perhaps most transformative is the integration of cooperative education throughout the degree program. Drawing on models pioneered by Northeastern University, the NEI requires students to spend at least four of eleven trimesters in co-op placements at companies, government agencies, NGOs, and research institutions.

“We could see AI as a textual mirror in this case, but in the psychological literature, instead of focusing on a person’s appearance, we understand that body image is not one-dimensional and is composed of several factors, such as context, the type of person we want to compare ourselves to, and the things we are […]

Joseph E. Aoun is president of Northeastern University and author of “Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”