Photo of the Kent Hale Smith Building surrounded by trees in fall colors
Case Western Reserve's Kent Hale Smith building looks beautiful on a sunny fall day.

Weatherhead’s Ethan Karp and Engineering’s Jeffrey Capadona weigh in on artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is full of power and promise—and potential for peril
Crain’s Cleveland BusinessEthan Karp, faculty director for the Leading Next Level Growth initiative at Weatherhead School of Management, and Jeffrey Capadona, a biomedical engineering professor and vice provost for innovation in education, weighed in on how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries, education and government, offering efficiency and innovation alongside challenges in ethics, bias and governance. They emphasized starting small, ensuring human oversight, and preparing for transformative change, as AI reshapes manufacturing, customer service and policymaking while enhancing learning and operational processes.