Artificial intelligence is helping lawyers research cases, prepare legal arguments, and work more efficiently. But what happens when AI invents a legal case—or confidently gets the facts wrong?

On this episode of The Professor is Live!, Mark Salisbury and Producer Rikko Smart welcome Twin Cities attorney Blake Vanderhyde to explore what responsible AI looks like in the legal profession—and what the rest of us can learn from it.

We'll discuss AI hallucinations, professional responsibility, and whether our legal system can hold companies accountable when AI causes harm.

Blake believes we're living in AI's "before the seat belt moment." Just as automobiles became safer through better engineering, laws, and accountability, we have an opportunity to make AI safer without sacrificing its extraordinary benefits.

Join us for a thoughtful, occasionally humorous conversation about promoting responsible AI.

Because as artificial intelligence becomes more capable, human judgment—and human responsibility—matter more than ever.

AI can write our papers, create our computer programs, analyze our data—and increasingly make decisions on its own.

So…what could possibly go wrong?

On this episode of The Professor is Live!, Professor Mark Salisbury talks with Dr. Volker Petersen, an industrial engineer and adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas, whose thinking about AI has changed considerably over the past several months.

We talk about If AI writes the assignment, are students still learning? If AI replaces junior engineers and programmers, where will tomorrow's senior experts come from? And as AI systems become increasingly autonomous, how do we make sure humans remain responsible for the decisions that matter?

Artificial intelligence is changing football.

Coaches can now use AI and advanced analytics to evaluate players, identify patterns, anticipate opponents, and even help decide whether to go for it on fourth down.

But what happens when the computer's recommendation conflicts with the coach's experience and judgment?

On the next The Professor is Live!, Mark Salisbury and producer Rikko Smart are joined by Jay Paterno—football coach, author, speaker, and former Penn State assistant coach—to explore what AI can teach us about coaching...and leadership.

Jay offers a particularly intriguing idea: perhaps AI's greatest value isn't telling leaders what to do. Perhaps it's challenging the assumptions behind what they already believe. In coaching staffs—and organizations—where people can fall into familiar patterns or echo chambers, AI can become an impartial voice asking, “Have you thought about this?”