I plan to use AI going forward in my future, and I don’t think I have much of a choice over this. I’ve always hoped for my career to be something revolving around sports analytics or sports journalism/broadcasting. In those fields, it is required for AI to be used to facilitate things like percentages, box scores, charts, and even more stats. Some people would not be okay with this, but it is something I think is very cool and shows ways that sports features can be highlighted in different formats for the better. I believe this brings an exciting new feature to the world of sports. In 2024, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) became the first organization to imbed artificial intelligence into sports. The reason being was the IOC believed that AI officials could find prospective talented athletes while implementing proper training programs for them. The IOC also believed that to make the Olympic games fairer from a judge standpoint, they would have artificial intelligence assist with this process. IOC President Thomas Bach said, “We are determined to exploit the vast potential of AI in a responsible way.” This highlights the efforts of the company using AI in an ethical matter. We should be paying close attention to a topic like this because in the world of sports, nearly 82 percent of leagues/companies use artificial intelligence nowadays. This resembles extreme growth and these organizations have done a tremendous job using artificial intelligence in a responsible and ethical matter. In my opinion, this percentage is only going to continue to grow.  This is exciting, fun, creative, and uniquely shows the ways that AI can benefit jobs in sports media or analytics. The good thing is that AI is not going to take over jobs, and many employees are not at risk of having their jobs taken with AI during this shift. So, I conclude with thinking that AI is very beneficial to the sports world of analytics and data. It will be exciting to see how far it goes.  

“IOC Unveils Plans For Using Artificial Intelligence In Sports” – https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/39973988/olympic-organizers-unveil-plans-using-artificial-intelligence

“Sports industry AI adoption rises to 82% amid tangible financial and sporting results” – https://www.sportspro.com/news/sports-tech-report-ai-sportradar-february-2026/

One of the most important things the general public doesn’t fully understand about generative AI is that it can sound confident while still being wrong. This issue—often called “hallucination”—happens when AI generates information that seems accurate but is actually misleading, outdated, or completely incorrect. The problem isn’t just errors—it’s that the errors are delivered in a way that makes them hard to notice.

A clear example comes from a sports prediction exercise I recently worked on. The AI generated a set of betting picks based on star players like Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid, using reasoning like “high scoring role” or “exceeds this line frequently.” At first glance, everything sounded logical. But when comparing the picks to actual results, none of them hit. One player didn’t even play that day, making the prediction unusable. There were no completely fake stats, but the AI relied on vague trends instead of verified, up-to-date data. That’s what makes hallucinations tricky—they’re not always obvious lies, but often confident generalizations that don’t hold up in reality.

We should be paying attention to this because more people are starting to rely on AI for decisions—whether in school, work, or even money-related choices like betting or investing. If users assume AI is always accurate, they can make poor decisions based on incomplete or misleading information. My solution is simple: AI should be treated as a starting point, not a final answer. Users need to verify important information, and AI systems should be pushed to show sources, use real data, and clearly signal uncertainty. Understanding this limitation isn’t about rejecting AI—it’s about using it more responsibly and effectively.

AI is super, super useful. It is probably beyond the level of the invention of Google. It’s fast, easy to use, even easy to read——it summarizes everything for you. It’s like addiction. Once you start using it, it’s hard for you to stop. It’s not a bad thing to do, I personally use AI every day and even for my own study process (ethically). But at the same time, problems occurs. The single most important generative AI issue the public needs to understand is that AIs can so called “invent” facts, citations, people, or events and send you them with real information. The issue is not AI makes mistakes, but it makes mistakes confidently, often combined with actual sources, makes it difficult to distinct.

There was once when my mom brought me information that were generated by AI, which says that she doesn’t need a passport to get on a plane but with abcde they will still allow you to get on the plane. Absolutely not possible, and she even encouraged me to try it out May 13th when I get back home.

we really need AI in schools and workplaces to be trained to produce outputs such as drafts requiring verification, not answers requiring trust. We have to pay more attention because hallucinations is not avoidable. Also, we need to realize that there is a clear line between “sounds right” and “is right”.

If I could sit down with ChatGPT’s CEO, I would tell them to change its programming to not create full essays and stories. Today, many college students care solely about completion of assignments. College students are very sensitive with their time. If a student can take any shortcuts to complete an assignment, they will. With ChatGPT being able to complete assignments and essays, this does nothing but hinder college student learning and skills in the grand scheme of things. With this, and some reasoning, one could argue that ChatGPT hinders college students’ ability to be productive in their careers and their ability to perform well on tasks in the real world. This is also concerning because college students rely far too much on ChatGPT. With ChatGPT hallucinating information at times, this could also hinder college students by being misinformed by ChatGPT. While Chat can be helpful in a lot of ways, the harm that it can potentially do to college students is immense, and I feel that students should be more aware of these risks before using ChatGPT to assist them.

Topic: “How do you plan to integrate AI in your life going forward – whether personally or professionally? Do you feel you have a choice here, for example is deciding not to use AI an option?”

As AI is becoming a huge head-turner in modern technology, I stop and wonder how this could affect me as a human being in relation personally and professionally. If I were to be honest, on a personal level, I do find AI kinda useful for my needs and interests. Such as brainstorming what to do on a day, what to learn something new based on facts and instructions, and what to follow if you have a simple health concern, like stress.

On a professional note, I still find AI useful for my cognitive disability needs, such as simplifying instructions and creating a simple task checklist to get things done, however, AI is still pretty questionable when it relates to academics because anything can go wrong and you do your best to figure out how to use AI effectively in your academics without becoming too dependent on it as a “Solution to everything”. It’s like the internet for example, it may seem like it has answers to everything but there are misinformation and fraud on the internet that we sometimes have no knowledge or evidence that is true.

As a human being, I still have a choice. There’s nothing stopping me from making a decision that could affect me in the future. As long as I pause and think carefully about how I use certain things, like AI, the result of my choice will only say.

I plan to use AI both personally and professionally going forward. At this point, not using it is not an option for me. After having taken this class and learning about its downsides such as the environmental costs, limited policy guidance, and potential impacts on skills like critical thinking and summarizing, I will be more careful about how, when, and for what I use it. This is all because I want to stay mindful of environmental responsibility, continue thinking independently, and remain aware of risks like data misuse. As I learn more about how AI systems work and their broader effects on society and on me, I’m beginning to clarify my own stance and set boundaries for responsible use. Ultimately, AI is a powerful and convenient tool that isn’t going away and I think learning to use it thoughtfully is an important skill to have going forward.