AI has lots of people digging out their iPods — Harvard Gazette

AI has lots of people digging out their iPods — Harvard Gazette

Science & Tech AI has lots of people digging out their iPods ‘The vision of the future being pushed by tech moguls is not necessarily a vision we’ve all bought into.’ Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer June 29, 2026 6 min read A recent Pew Research report found that 40 percent of Americans expect AI to negatively impact society, compared with 16 percent who predict a positive impact. Almost two-thirds, …

The Harvard Gazette: You take AI, I’ll take my iPod (if I can find it)

The Harvard Gazette: You take AI, I’ll take my iPod (if I can find it). “Analyst Sara Watson ’07 has written in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Slate, and other publications about bending the arc of technology from individual convenience toward the collective good. In this conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, Watson, who was a fellow and affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society from 2013 to 2019, sha…