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Looking ahead, Bernstein sees AI’s capabilities rapidly improving, especially as models get more human-like in their writing and conversational understanding. She notes a parallel debate emerging around AI-generated writing: in education, there are fears about students replacing the process of learning by crafting essays with AI assistance. However, she remains optimistic, drawing a comparison to 3D printing’s impact on sculpture—an augmentation rather than a death knell.
She hopes society will move toward embracing these tools as augmentations—extensions of human creativity—rather than threats. Search engines and information retrieval are poised to evolve significantly through conversational AI, making interactions more intuitive and aligned with human intent.