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Sep 16, 2026
· Joshua Cedeno, Jonathan Pallaud, Yexayra Cabrera Martinez, Nataly Gonzalez, Gabrielle Battin, and Dr. Emese Ilyés
Trapped in Someone Else’s Imagination: Students on AI, Choice, and the Futures We Deserve
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When we asked our peers to imagine the world ten years from now, their nightmares came easily. Within minutes, our installation at the Oculus in downtown Manhattan was filled with handwritten fears: AI takeover. Jobs lost. Unable to think without AI. Love being replaced. The environment destroyed.
But when we asked them to dream, to envision a just future shaped by AI, people hesitated. They struggled. Some walked away. As one of us observed while reviewing the data: “The dreams a
But when we asked them to dream, to envision a just future shaped by AI, people hesitated. They struggled. Some walked away. As one of us observed while reviewing the data: “The dreams a
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