WSU President Betsy Cantwell builds custom AI agents — but won’t ask them to predict the Apple Cup
Former national lab scientist and current Washington State University President Betsy Cantwell uses custom AI agents to de-risk research and model complex financial scenarios for college athletics. But the top Cougar believes artificial intelligence can never replace human wonder in education and rejects the algorithms to predict outcomes like this weekend's Apple Cup.
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