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The French were pioneers in aviation, photography and filmmaking, and these technologies’ earliest machines and devices are on display, such as the 1895 Cinematograph, a groundbreaking camera and projection system created by the Lumière Brothers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

They are encouraging their students to question the hype around rapidly evolving artificial intelligence tools and consider the technologies’ potential side effects.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023

“Already, AI is viewed as one of the next great ‘general purpose technologies’ — one that has the power to transform sector after sector of the entire economy,” Muro and Liu write.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

By contrast, many vaccines in development rely on ‘platform technologies’, which are essentially ‘plug-and-play’.

From Nature • Jul. 20, 2020

Similarly, the field of tech policy is built on predictions about new technologies’ impacts on society.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2017